The Black Widow (1947)

Gene Roth: John M. Walker - Newspaper Editor

Quotes 

• Joyce Winters : The police just aren't getting anywhere. What's The Clarion doing about it?

  John M. Walker - Newspaper Editor : I've engaged Steven Colt. If anybody can solve a mystery, he can.

  Joyce Winters : Steve Colt? The mystery writer?

  John M. Walker - Newspaper Editor : Exactly! Steve Colt is not only a well-known writer of mystery stories, but is also a student of criminology. His fiction detective, Rodman Crane, is one of the most able...

  Joyce Winters : Phooey! Steve Colt and Rodman Crane know 'whodunit' before the story even starts.