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The Front Page

7.319741h 45mPGMovieComedy

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.

DirectorBilly Wilder
WritersBilly Wilder·I. A. L. Diamond
ProducersPaul Monash·Jennings Lang

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Cast · Directed by Billy Wilder

JLJack Lemmon
Jack Lemmon
Hildebrand Johnson
WMWalter Matthau
Walter Matthau
Walter Burns
SSSusan Sarandon
Susan Sarandon
Peggy Grant
VGVincent Gardenia
Vincent Gardenia
Sheriff
DWDavid Wayne
David Wayne
Roy Bensinger
AGAllen Garfield
Allen Garfield
Kruger
APAustin Pendleton
Austin Pendleton
Earl Williams
CDCharles Durning
Charles Durning
Murphy
HEHerb Edelman
Herb Edelman
Schwartz
MGMartin Gabel
Martin Gabel
Dr. Max J. Eggelhofer
HGHarold Gould
Harold Gould
Mayor
COCliff Osmond
Cliff Osmond
Officer Jacobi

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