The Front Page (1974)
It's the hottest story since the Chicago fire...and they're sitting on it.
105 min
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.
- Release date
- December 17, 1974
- Country of origin
- United States
- Budget
- $4,000,000
- Box office
- $15,000,000
Trailer
Cast
- Jack Lemmon as Hildy Johnson
- Walter Matthau as Walter Burns
- Susan Sarandon as Peggy Grant
- Vincent Gardenia as Sheriff
- David Wayne as Bensinger
- Allen Garfield as Kruger
- Austin Pendleton as Earl Williams
- Charles Durning as Murphy
- Herb Edelman as Schwartz
- Martin Gabel as Dr. Eggelhofer
Crew
- Billy Wilder · Director
- Ben Hecht · Writer
- Charles MacArthur · Writer
- Billy Wilder · Writer
- I.A.L. Diamond · Writer
- Paul Monash · Producer
- Jordan Cronenweth · Cinematographer
- Ralph E. Winters · Editor