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Break the News

7.519381h 12mMovieMusicComedy

Two small-time song-and-dance men come up with what they believe is a surefire publicity stunt, guaranteed to keep their names in the public eye--one of them will "disappear" in what looks like a murder, and the other will be convicted of…

DirectorRené Clair
WritersRené Clair·Geoffrey Kerr

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Cast · Directed by René Clair

JBJack Buchanan
Jack Buchanan
Teddy Enton
MCMaurice Chevalier
Maurice Chevalier
François Verrier
JKJune Knight
June Knight
Grace Gatwick
ML
Marta Labarr
Sonia
GMGertrude Musgrove
Gertrude Musgrove
Helena

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