| Big News | |
| Director: | Gregory La Cava |
| Producer: | Ralph Block |
| Starring: | Robert Armstrong Carole Lombard |
| Cinematography: | Norbert Brodine Arthur C. Miller |
| Editing: | Doane Harrison |
| Distributor: | Pathé Exchange |
| Runtime: | 75 minutes |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
Big News is a 1929 American pre-Code film directed by Gregory La Cava, released by Pathé Exchange, and starring Robert Armstrong and Carole Lombard, billed as "Carol Lombard".
Steve Banks is a hard-drinking newspaper reporter. His wife Margaret, a reporter for a rival paper, threatens to divorce him if he doesn't quit the drinking that is compromising his career. Steve pursues a story about drug dealers even when his editor fires him. When the editor is murdered, Steve is accused of the killing.
The film exists in a 16mm reduction print.[1]