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The Front Page is a 1974 American black comedy-drama film directed by Billy Wilder, and starring Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau.
Dec 20, 1974 · The Front Page: Directed by Billy Wilder. With Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Susan Sarandon, Vincent Gardenia. A ruthless editor tries to get his top reporter to cover one more crime story before retirement.
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- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Billy Wilder
- 1974-12-20
Dec 8, 2023 · 1974. A ruthless editor tries to get his top reporter to cover one more crime story before retirement.
- 105 min
- 552
- Konstantin Cherganov
Successful Chicago newspaper reporter Hildy Johnson (Jack Lemmon) is hanging up his journalist's hat to marry Peggy Grant (Susan Sarandon). When his editor, the arrogant, self-important Walter ...
- (31)
- Billy Wilder
- PG
- Jack Lemmon
Every newspaper has a reporter camped at the jail, providing snippets in the build-up but Walter Burns, Managing Editor of the Chicago Enquirer, has a problem: his star reporter, Hildy Johnson, has just quit to get married and take up an advertising job in Philadelphia.
The Front Page (1974) PG 12/18/1974 (US) Comedy 1h 45m. User. Score. What's your Vibe ? Play Trailer. It's the hottest story since the Chicago fire...and they're sitting on it. Overview. A journalist suffering from burn-out wants to finally say goodbye to his office – but his boss doesn’t like the idea one bit. Billy Wilder. Director, Screenplay.
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Roger Ebert and Billy Wilder in 1974. hungry police reporters, and corrupt politicians, and an escaped murderer who spends half the film concealed in a rolltop desk in the press room.
