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RUNTIME
Did you know
Tight 75-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
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The Reporters
1972 1h 15m EN
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9.0
MASTERPIECE
★9.0TMDB · 1
DramaTV Movie
Synopsis
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Two provincial newspaper reporters - one a young idealist starting out on his career, the other an embittered man who previously wrote for a failed national daily - swap views.
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
Cast
Robert Urquhart
Vic
Michael Kitchen
Alan
Barbara Young
Greta
Stephanie Turner
Jane
Jacqueline Stanbury
Mary
Norman Jones
Stan
Gavin Richards
Des
Kenneth Keeling
Saunders
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Michael Apted
- Writers
- Arthur Hopcraft
- Languages
- English
- Countries
- United Kingdom
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Michael Apted directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United Kingdom. Dialogue in English.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Tight 75-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
- 254 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
- 3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 4Robert Urquhart and Michael Kitchen and Barbara Young carry the top of the cast.
- 5IMDB entry: tt0069176 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 6Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Runtime
- 75 min · 1h 15m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- EN
Also by
Michael Apted
Key crew
- ProducerGraeme MacDonald
Release history · US
When it landed
- TV1972-10-09
