The Front Page
“It's the hottest story since the Chicago fire...and they're sitting on it.”
19741h 45mComedy
Released
November 1, 1974
TMDB Score
73% match · 402 votes
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About the Movie
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.
DirectorBilly Wilder
- Released
- November 1, 1974
- Runtime
- 1h 45m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $4.0M
- Box office
- $15.0M
- Studio
- Universal Pictures
Top Billed 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
Herb Edelman
Schwartz
Martin Gabel
Dr. Max J. Eggelhofer
Harold Gould
Mayor
Cliff Osmond
Officer Jacobi
Dick O'Neill
McHugh
Jon Korkes
Rudy Keppler
Carol Burnett
Mollie Malloy
Paul Benedict
Plunkett
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