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The Front Page
It's the hottest story since the Chicago fire...and they're sitting on it.
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.
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Cast
Jack LemmonHildebrand Johnson
Walter MatthauWalter Burns
Susan SarandonPeggy Grant
Vincent GardeniaSheriff
David WayneRoy Bensinger
Allen GarfieldKruger
Austin PendletonEarl Williams
Charles DurningMurphy
Herb EdelmanSchwartz
Martin GabelDr. Max J. Eggelhofer
Harold GouldMayor
Cliff OsmondOfficer Jacobi
Dick O'NeillMcHugh- Jon KorkesRudy Keppler
Details
- Director
- Billy Wilder
- Writers
- Ben Hecht, Charles MacArthur, Billy Wilder
- Release date
- November 1, 1974
- Runtime
- 1h 45m
- Budget
- $4M
- Box office
- $15M worldwide
- Original language
- English
- Studios
- Universal Pictures
