

News at Eleven
1986-04-02 · 100 min · ★ 8.0
When television news director Eric Ross pressures esteemed senior anchor Frank Kenley to sensationalize the news, Kenley isn't pleased -- and the conflict comes to a head when a local high school sex scandal hits the news. As Ross pushes him to play up the story, Kenley wrestles with the moral complexities of the situation and tries to find the balance between the public's need to know and the individual's rights.
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- Directors
- Mike Robe
- Production companies
- Finnegan Associates, The Turman-Foster Company, CBS, ITC Entertainment
- Countries
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
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Martin SheenFrank Kenley
Peter RiegertEric Ross
Barbara BabcockJoanna Steckler
David SheinerDavid Kogan
Christopher AllportGene Silas
Christa DentonApril Gibbs
Sheree J. WilsonChristine Arnold
Brooke BundyDonna Kenley
Susan KrebsSally
Tina CasparyGretchen Kent
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