The Front Page
“It's the hottest story since the Chicago fire...and they're sitting on it.”
1974•PG•1h 45m•7.3•Released
Comedy
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.
Director
Billy Wilder
Writer
Billy Wilder, I. A. L. Diamond
Budget
$4M
Revenue
$15M
Languages
English
Studio
Universal Pictures
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
Production
Company
Universal Pictures
Producer
Paul Monash
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