The Front Page (1974)

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

Movie · Comedy · 1h 45m · Rated 7.3/10 on TMDB · Released November 1, 1974

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.

Directed by Billy Wilder

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

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