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'''''Big News''''' is a 1929 American film directed by [[Gregory La Cava]] and starring [[Robert Armstrong (actor)|Robert Armstrong]] and [[Carole Lombard]].
 
==Plot==
Steve Banks (Armstrong) is a hard-drinking newspaper reporter. His wife Margaret (Lombard), a reporter for a rival paper, threatens to divorce him if he doesn't quit the drinking that is compromising his career. Steve pursues a story about drug dealers even when his editor fires him. When the editor is murdered, Steve is accused of the killing.
 
==Cast==
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*[[Robert Dudley (actor)|Robert Dudley]] as Telegraph editor
 
==SoundtrackPlot==
Steve Banks (Armstrong) is a hard-drinking newspaper reporter. His wife Margaret (Lombard), a reporter for a rival paper, threatens to divorce him if he doesn't quit the drinking that is compromising his career. Steve pursues a story about drug dealers even when his editor fires him. When the editor is murdered, Steve is accused of the killing.
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==Preservation status==
The film exists in a 16mm reduction print.<ref>[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/B/BigNews1929.html SilentEra entry]</ref>
 
==Plot==
Steve Banks (Armstrong) is a hard-drinking newspaper reporter. His wife Margaret (Lombard), a reporter for a rival paper, threatens to divorce him if he doesn't quit the drinking that is compromising his career. Steve pursues a story about drug dealers even when his editor fires him. When the editor is murdered, Steve is accused of the killing.
 
==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb title|id=0019690|title=Big News}}
*[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/B/BigNews1929.html ''Big News'' at SilentEra]
*{{Internet Archive film|id=BigNews|name=Big News}}