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The Front Page

It's the hottest story since the Chicago fire...and they're sitting on it.
Nov 1, 1974 · 1h 45m
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Comedy

PLOT

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 Lemmon
Hildebrand Johnson
Walter Matthau
Walter Burns
Susan Sarandon
Peggy Grant
Vincent Gardenia
Sheriff
David Wayne
Roy Bensinger
Allen Garfield
Kruger
Austin Pendleton
Earl Williams
Charles Durning
Murphy
Directed by Billy Wilder

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
$4,000,000
Revenue
$15,000,000
Production
Universal Pictures
Country
US

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