deadline u. s. a. aspect ratio represent 1 . 37 represent1sound format represent mono ( black and white ) humphrey bogart play a hard boil newspaper editor in richard brook drama in much the same way he use to play hard boil detective and gangster in the 1930s and 40 . this tough talk drama from 20th century fox emulate the gritty warner bros. tyle of it day and though it hard not to be cynical about the script high falutin insistence on the nobility of the press ( . ) . ethel barrymore play a matriarchal publisher with the kind of effortless dignity that distinguish her entire career and and most of the support cast be solid . elsewhere and bogart marital woe be unconvincing and do not add very much to the narrative and despite the obvious ( and genuine ) attempt to provide the character with some kind of emotional depth .