主演:本·卓别林,朱利安·林希德-图特
导演:AndyDeEmmony
简介:JustaftertheFirstWorldWarFredRobertsgoesforajobasanewspaperjournalistandtellsthesub-editorhow,inthetrenchesin1916,hediscoveredaprintingpressinworkingorder.Helpedbyex-printerSergeantHarrisandwithhisfriendJackPearsonashisassistant,hesetsuptheWipersTimes-thenamecomingfromthesoldiers'pronunciationofthetownYpres.DespitedisapprovalfromofficiousColonelHowfieldbutwithbackingfromsympatheticGeneralMitfordtheyproducetwenty-threeissuesofasatiricalmagazine-itsarticlesrepresentedonscreeninblackandwhite-whichboostsmoraleandevengetsmentionedintheTatler.ThepressisdestroyedbyaGermanshellbutanotherisfoundandthepaper'stitlechangedtofitinwithwherevertheregimentisdeployed.