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The Front Page

It's the hottest story since the Chicago fire...and they're sitting on it.

Film19741h 45mReleased

Comedy
Not rated

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Director
Billy Wilder
Language
English
Released
1974-11-01
Runtime
1h 45m

Community score

7.3388 votes on TMDB

Confidence

Rating weighted by how many people voted

6.9

The story

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.

Cast

  • Jack Lemmon
    Jack LemmonHildebrand Johnson
  • Walter Matthau
    Walter MatthauWalter Burns
  • Susan Sarandon
    Susan SarandonPeggy Grant
  • Vincent Gardenia
    Vincent GardeniaSheriff
  • David Wayne
    David WayneRoy Bensinger
  • Allen Garfield
    Allen GarfieldKruger
  • Austin Pendleton
    Austin PendletonEarl Williams
  • Charles Durning
    Charles DurningMurphy
  • Herb Edelman
    Herb EdelmanSchwartz
  • Martin Gabel
    Martin GabelDr. Max J. Eggelhofer