The Front Page
"It's the hottest story since the Chicago fire...and they're sitting on it."
7.3105m1974
Comedy
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.
Production Details
Release DateNov 1, 1974
DirectorBilly Wilder
WritersBen Hecht, I. A. L. Diamond, Billy Wilder
Principal 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
