- -30- (film)
Infobox Film
name = -30-
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director =Jack Webb
producer =Jack Webb
writer =William Bowers
starring =Jack Webb ,William Conrad ,
Whitney Blake
music =Ray Heindorf
cinematography =Edward Colman
editing =Robert M. Leeds
distributor = Warner Bros. Pictures
released = 1959
runtime = 96 min
country = flagicon|USA USA
language = English
budget =
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followed_by =
website =
amg_id = 1:113351
imdb_id = 0052526"-30-" (released as "Deadline Midnight" in the UK) is a 1959 movie starring
William Conrad andJack Webb as the editor and publisher, respectively, of a fictional Los Angeles evening newspaper. As the shift of a typical day starts, in which they don't know what will happen, the newspaper is created before our eyes as different stories are discovered and reported.The title
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-30- " has been used to signify "the end" or "over and out" since the Civil War when telegraphers tapped "XXX" to end transmissions. "XXX" is the Roman numeral for 30. How and when "XXX" transformed into "-30-" in modern printing usage is unclear. This notation is still used to indicate the end of a press release and can frequently be found in formal corporate documents posted on websites and delivered electronically or via print.Cast
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Jack Webb ... Sam Gatlin
*William Conrad ... Jim Bathgate
*David Nelson ... Earl Collins
*Whitney Blake ... Peggy Gatlin
*Louise Lorimer ... Lady Wilson
*James Bell ... Ben Quinn
*Nancy Valentine ... Jan Price
*Joe Flynn ... Hy Shapiro
*Richard Bakalyan ... Carl Thompson
*Dick Whittinghill ... Fred Kendall
*John Nolan ... Ron Danton
*Richard Deacon ... ChapmanReferences
External links
*imdb title|title=-30-|id=0052526
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