Scandal Sheet (1952)

Directed by Phil Karlson
My rating: 3 stars out of 4
IMDb
(Turner Classic Movies)

Excellent drama based on a Samuel Fuller novel. Broderick Crawford is the unlikable editor of a New York tabloid. His crack reporter, perfectly played by John Derek, gets the scoop on the latest murder. We are in on the killer and it is none other than Crawford himself. When he is forced to kill someone else to cover his tracks, the reporter, and friend Donna Reed, will stop at nothing to find out his identity. As they draw closer to the truth, the tension mounts, until a rousing finale.