The Front Page (1974)
It's the hottest story since the Chicago fire...and they're sitting on it.
- Released
- Runtime 1h 45m
- Director Billy Wilder
- Genres Comedy
- Rating 7.3/10 (394 votes)
Synopsis
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
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
-
Dick O'Neill
as McHugh
- Jon Korkes as Rudy Keppler
-
Carol Burnett
as Mollie Malloy
-
Paul Benedict
as Plunkett
-
Allen Jenkins
as Telegrapher
- Barbara Davis as Myrtle
Crew
-
Billy Wilder
Director
-
Jordan Cronenweth
Director of Photography
-
Ralph E. Winters
Editor
- Paul Monash Producer
-
Billy Wilder
Screenplay
-
I. A. L. Diamond
Screenplay
