THE GIRL IN THE NEWS

GB
1940
1hr 18mins
Dir: Carol Reed
Starring: Margaret Lockwood and Roger Livesey

After being acquitted of murder, a nurse has to change her name in order to get another job, only to be framed in similar circumstances by her new employers

This decent crime thriller was based on the eponymous novel by Roy Vickers, released the same year. Due to wartime restrictions the scenes filmed at Waterloo and the fictional ‘Dorford’ are studio sets, but a stock shot of the concourse at Waterloo is included, with electric units visible in the platforms.

Comings and goings at London Waterloo, one day in 1940