-30-

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-30-
Directed by	Jack Webb
Produced by	Jack Webb
Written by	William Bowers
Starring	Jack Webb, William Conrad, Whitney Blake
Music by	Ray Heindorf
Cinematography	Edward Colman
Editing by	Robert M. Leeds
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date(s)	1959
Running time	96 min
Country	USA
Language	English

-30- (released as Deadline Midnight in the UK) is a 1959 movie starring William Conrad and Jack 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.

Title

"-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

• 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 ... Chapman

References

External links

• -30- at the Internet Movie Database
• -30- at Allmovie

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