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Defence of the Realm(1986)

A reporter named Mullen 'stumbles' onto a story linking a prominent Member of Parliament to a KGB agent and a near-nuclear disaster involving a teenage runaway and a U.S. Air Force base. Has there been a Government cover-up? Mullen teams up with Vernon Bayliss, an old hack, and Nina Beckam, the MP's assistant, to find out the truth.

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All the President's Men(1976)

During the 1972 elections, two reporters' investigation sheds light on the controversial Watergate scandal that compels President Nixon to resign from his post.

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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo(2009)

Swedish thriller based on Stieg Larsson's novel about a male journalist and a young female hacker. In the opening of the movie, Mikael Blomkvist, a middle-aged publisher for the magazine Millennium, loses a libel case brought by corrupt Swedish industrialist Hans-Erik Wennerström. Nevertheless, he is hired by Henrik Vanger in order to solve a cold case, the disappearance of Vanger's niece

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The Delavine Affair(1955)

Peter Reynolds stars as Rex Banner, a newspaperman who makes it his life's mission to track down a vicious gang of thieves. When his informant winds up dead, Rex finds himself framed for murder.

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Ace in the Hole(1951)

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Five Star Final(1931)

Searching for headlines at any cost, an unscrupulous newspaper owner forces his editor to print a serial based on a past murder, tormenting a woman involved.

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Journey for Margaret(1942)

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Shoot to Kill(1947)

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Front Page Story(1954)

A workaholic newspaper editor lets his wife leave on the holiday without him just at that time some important news stories break, including a plane crash, the one which his wife took....

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The Big Tip Off(1955)

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The Underworld Story(1950)

A blacklisted reporter brings his shady ways to a small-town newspaper after being fired from a big city daily.

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The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest(2009)

After taking a bullet to the head, Salander is under close supervision in a hospital and is set to face trial for attempted murder on her eventual release. With the help of journalist Mikael Blomkvist and his researchers at Millennium magazine, Salander must prove her innocence. In doing this she plays against powerful enemies and her own past.

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While the City Sleeps(1956)

Newspaper men compete against each other to find a serial killer dubbed "The Lipstick Killer".

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Headline Hunters(1955)

A rookie reporter in pursuit of an expose gets tangled up with big-time mobsters.

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Special Agent(1935)

A reporter turned tax agent infiltrates a crime ring to catch a racketeer, working with the mobster's bookkeeper. When she agrees to testify, an informant exposes them and she's kidnapped.

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Manhattan Night(2016)

Porter Wren is a Manhattan tabloid writer with an appetite for scandal. On the beat he sells murder, tragedy, and anything that passes for the truth. At home, he is a dedicated husband and father. But when Caroline, a seductive stranger asks him to dig into the unsolved murder of her filmmaker husband Simon, he is drawn into a very nasty case of sexual obsession and blackmail--one that threatens his job, his marriage, and his life.

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Big Town(1946)

A newspaper editor goes on an anti-crime crusade, but gets carried away.

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-30-(1959)

A newspaper editor deals with a particularly stressful day in the newsroom.

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Her Kind of Man(1946)

A singer can't choose between a charismatic gangster and an honest newspaperman.

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Highly Dangerous(1950)

A US newsman and a British entomologist spy on germ-warfare research in a mythical country.

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