Movie
The Front Page
Overview
Ruthless Chicago newspaper editor Walter Burns resorts to dubious motives in order to get top reporter Hildy Johnson to cover one more big crime story before retirement.
Details
- Release date
- 1974-11-01
- Runtime
- 105 min
- Genres
- Comedy
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Universal Pictures
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Jack Lemmon as Hildebrand Johnson
- Walter Matthau as Walter Burns
- Susan Sarandon as Peggy Grant
- Vincent Gardenia as Sheriff
- David Wayne as Roy Bensinger
- Allen Garfield as Kruger
- Austin Pendleton as Earl Williams
- Charles Durning as Murphy
- Herb Edelman as Schwartz
- Martin Gabel as Dr. Max J. Eggelhofer
- Harold Gould as Mayor
- Cliff Osmond as Officer Jacobi
Crew
- Billy Wilder - Director
- Billy Wilder - Screenplay
- I. A. L. Diamond - Screenplay
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