It's not great by any means, but it's a pretty good movie that didn't leave me filled with regret for investing time in it.

Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.

Worth seeing just to witness how winsome it is.

Amazing worth wacthing. So good. Biased but well made with many good points.

Better than average newspaper drama from the Fifties. Seems to be a more or less forgotten Humphrey Bogart film, which is too bad. I couldn't find it on DVD anywhere, and watched it on a tape I made from cable ten or more years ago. The film has three intertwining plot arcs done very skillfully by screenwriter (and director) Richard Brooks. Martin Gabel plays the bad guy, a mobster who is suitably menacing, without overdoing it. Icon Ethel Barrymore puts in a fine turn as the newspaper heiress, and the lovely Kim Hunter shines as Bogey's ex-wife. Bogart is outstanding as the crusading newspaper editor, doing everything possible to save his paper, and bringing low the criminal element. Definitely worth seeing, if you can find it.

Up until this afternoon, I though the best journalism movie was 'All the President's Men'. But when I watched this movie on cable TV, I was proved wrong. 'All the Presidents's Men' comes close, but 'Deadline - U.S.A.' is much better.The movie is about a big city Newspaper called 'The Day' that is about to close and be sold to the rival, because of the owners' heirs. But 'The Day' editor (Humphrey Bogart) tries to prevent the closing down of the newspaper by investigating a gangster, Thomas Rienzi. Going from this, the story takes lots of unexpected turns, with an excellent character's development and mix-up of events. The whole supporting cast is marvelous, so is Bogey. No one really stands out, because they all did an excellent job. It's one of those movies where people doesn't seem to be acting, because everything looks so natural. The working environment on 'The Day' looks very real, it seems like you are there investigating with Bogey and his crew.I always liked Richard Brooks, and after this one, I'm definitely gonna watch much more of his movies. 'In Cold Blood' and 'Cat On a Hot Tin Roof' are between my favorite movies, and this one definitely joined the list. In every other aspect the movie is also marvelous, from the editing to the cinematography, from the art-direction to the set- decoration.Overral, this is an excellent movie that is a perfect tribute to the journalism profession. The best journalistic movie I've ever seen, with everything looking so natural. It is also great to see how the newspapers worked back in the day. It's a shame that it isn't on DVD yet.10/10. Absolutely perfect.

Have you noticed that almost all of Bogie's very BEST and most gritty performances were when he played characters that were dedicated to a noble cause? Rick Blain in CASABLANCA goes without saying... even tho Rick doesn't admit until the end that he IS dedicated to ANY cause.Charlie Allnut in THE African QUEEN once again became dedicated (at the insistence of Kate Hepburn) to the cause of sinking the Louisa.Tho his cause was a twisted one born of psychosis, Lt. Commander Philip Francis Queeg was utterly committed to the cause of making the USS Caine acceptable to his impossible standard of perfection.In his last film THE HARDER THEY FALL we again see the cynical, world weary Bogie who seems to be part of the problem, but who in the end lets his conscience and character win out; he does what he sees as RIGHT, no matter what the personal cost.Even in his most underrated performances in the cheap, throwaway films like BATTLE CIRCUS, Bogie was at his hard boiled best as a dedicated MASH surgeon. Alan Alda probably took a lot of his character Hawkeye from Bogie's performance.Playing the crusading newspaper editor Ed Hutchinson in DEADLINE USA Bogie gives us a tour de force performance, clothed in the utter, incorruptible purity of an honest man who is fighting naked evil in the form of corruption by a gang boss who controls a city's underworld... as well as some of it's most prominent public institutions.In this one I'm strongly reminded of Jimmy Stewart's hard boiled, cynical reporter in CALL NORTHSIDE 777; Stewart was another actor who really got his teeth into a part where he was on a crusade of some sort.Bogie hated phony movie tough guys, but oddly he came off as one in a lot of non-gangster roles; his demeanor was so imposing that without violence he could radiate strength and integrity... along with a world weary cynicism that made him seem all the more powerful. In DEADLINE USA we get it FULL STRENGTH and undiluted as he opposes Tomas Rienzi. Violence directed AT him makes him appear all the stronger; the sequence in Rienzi's car where Bogie gets struck across the face with the newspaper shows it; Hutchinson never even flinches at the blow. He only smiles and sneers "THAT'S the Rienzi I like to see".Bogie's at his BEST in the final scene in the press room... there's BEAUTY in the utterly cynical contempt in his voice as he answers Rienzi's phone call with "Hello Baby..." . We KNOW that Bogie has all the cards in his hand now, and Rienzi's threats are meaningless when Bogie says "That's the PRESS, Baby, the PRESS... and there's NOTHING you can do about it. Nothing". That line makes us want to stand up and CHEER... no matter what may happen to Bogie, he's left us a gift. Right has triumphed.This is one of his BEST films. It's a great example of why Humphrey Bogart is still, 50 years after his death, one of Hollywood's brightest shining stars.

A big disappointment, this "save the newspaper story with one big expose against a corrupt politician" was boring - the ultimate sin in a film. Also, I found none of the characters likable: no one to root for, despite the presence of some famous actors I like. The cast includes Humphrey Bogart, Ethel Barrymore, Kim Hunter, Ed Begley, Warren Stevens and Jim Backus.Most of them simply talk too much and do too little. It also has a blasphemous scene early on when they hold a "wake" for the paper and smugly use Christian terms (i.e. "saved") irreverently, just to get some cheap laughs. I'm surprised they got away with this since the Hays Code was still very much in effect in 1952.