The Star Reporter

The Star Reporter is a 1932 British crime drama, directed by Michael Powell and starring Harold French and Garry Marsh. The screenplay was adapted from a story by popular thriller writer Philip MacDonald.

Major Starr French is an ambitious newspaper reporter who has taken undercover employment as chauffeur to Lady Susan Loman Isla Bevan in the hope of witnessing highsociety goingson which he can use in a feature article he is planning. Lady Susans father Lord Longbourne Spencer Trevor meanwhile is experiencing financial embarrassment, and is persuaded by professional criminal Mandel Marsh to conspire in an insurance scam whereby Mandel will steal a diamond belonging to Lady Susan from the West End jeweller where it is currently on display, Longbourne will claim the cash and Mandel will return the diamond to him for a cut of the proceeds.Mandel steals the diamond in an audacious smashandgrab raid but the crime is witnessed by Starr and Lady Susan, who happen to be passing at the time. Starr heads off in pursuit of Mandel and corners him on a rooftop. There is a struggle and Mandel falls to his death. With the scam foiled and the diamond retrieved, Starr proposes to Lady Susan, who is happy to accept. ........

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