

The Front Page
1974 • 1h 45m • Comedy
57%Rotten Tomatoes
It's the hottest story since the Chicago fire...and they're sitting on it.
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
- Writers
- Billy Wilder, I. A. L. Diamond
- Status
- Released
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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
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