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DVD Release Date
• R1: Jun 23, 1998
Budget USD 4,000,000
MPAA Rating
PG
Running Time
1 hour, 45 minutes
Country USA
Studio Universal
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Other Titles
• The Front Page
• Extrablatt (1975)
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Genre: Comedy, Slapstick, Farce, Buddies, Satire, Racy, Marriage
Tagline: It's the hottest story since the Chicago Fire... And they're sitting on it.
Plot: Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau again team with Wilder in the third film version of the Hecht-MacArthur classic comedy. The familiar story finds hard-nosed editor Walter Burns (Matthau) trying every trick in the book to keep his ace reporter Hildy Johnson from leaving the newspaper business to get married. When Earl Williams (Austin Pendleton) an anarchist facing execution, breaks out of prison, Walter has found the perfect hook to keep Johnson in Chicago for a little longer. The escaped convict suddenly pops up in the press room and Hildy hides him in a rolltop desk until he's able to get a location for an exclusive interview. Despite the pleas of Molly Malloy (Carol Burnett), a prostitute in love with Williams, the newsmen refuse to let him go. As Hildy begins looking into the activities of the Sheriff (Vince Gardenia) and the Mayor (Harold Gould), it seems like they've decided to execute the wrong man. Matthau, Lemmon and Martin Gabel as a lunatic psychiatrist give wonderful performances.
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| Directed by |
Billy Wilder
Some Like It Hot, Sunset Blvd., Double Indemnity |
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| Written by |
Ben Hecht
Notorious, His Girl Friday, Kiss of Death | |
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| Cast |
Jack Lemmon
Some Like It Hot, Glengarry Glen Ross, The Apartment |
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 | Susan Sarandon
Thelma & Louise, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Dead Man Walking |
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The Andromeda Strain, Adam's Rib, How to Marry a Millionaire | | |
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| Music By |
Billy May
For the Boys, Tony Rome, Sergeants 3 |
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