The Front Page
It's the hottest story since the Chicago fire...and they're sitting on it.
- 1974
- Rated PG
- 1h 45m
- Comedy
Rating: 7.3 out of 10TMDB(403 votes)
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.
Fun facts
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Box office
Grossed $15M worldwide, about 3.8 times its $4M budget
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Based on
Based on The Front Page
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Setting
Set in Chicago
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Music
Music by Billy May
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Jordan Cronenweth
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Billy WilderScreenplay
- I. A. L. DiamondScreenplay
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- November 1, 1974
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $4M
- Revenue
- $15M
- Countries
- United States of America
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In the United States
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Cast
Jack LemmonHildebrand Johnson
Walter MatthauWalter Burns
Susan SarandonPeggy Grant
Vincent GardeniaSheriff
David WayneRoy Bensinger
Allen GarfieldKruger
Austin PendletonEarl Williams
Charles DurningMurphy
Herb EdelmanSchwartz
Martin GabelDr. Max J. Eggelhofer
Harold GouldMayor
Cliff OsmondOfficer Jacobi
Dick O'NeillMcHugh- Jon KorkesRudy Keppler
Carol BurnettMollie Malloy
Paul BenedictPlunkett
Allen JenkinsTelegrapher- Barbara DavisMyrtle
Biff ElliotPolice Dispatcher
Lou FrizzellEndicott
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