The Front Page

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

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Comedy

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.

Keywords

journalist
chicago
illinois
newspaper
marriage proposal
father-in-law
newspaper man
stress
chicago, illinois

Details

Status: Released
Release date: November 1, 1974
Original language: English
Spoken languages: English
Countries: United States of America
Production: Universal Pictures
Cast: Jack Lemmon,Walter Matthau,Susan Sarandon,Vincent Gardenia,David Wayne,Allen Garfield,Austin Pendleton,Charles Durning,Herb Edelman,Martin Gabeland 15 more
Director: Billy Wilder
Writer: Ben Hecht,Charles MacArthur,Billy Wilder,I. A. L. Diamond
Producer: Paul Monash,Jennings Lang
Cinematography: Jordan Cronenweth
Budget: $4,000,000
Revenue: $15,000,000
IMDb: tt0071524