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The Front Page

  • 1974
  • PG
  • 1h 45m
IMDb RATING
7.3/10
16K
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Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau in The Front Page (1974)
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A ruthless editor tries to get his top reporter to cover one more crime story before retirement.A ruthless editor tries to get his top reporter to cover one more crime story before retirement.A ruthless editor tries to get his top reporter to cover one more crime story before retirement.

  • Director
    • Billy Wilder
  • Writers
    • Ben Hecht
    • Charles MacArthur
    • Billy Wilder
  • Stars
    • Jack Lemmon
    • Walter Matthau
    • Susan Sarandon
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    • IMDb RATING
    7.3/10
    16K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Billy Wilder
    • Writers
      • Ben Hecht
      • Charles MacArthur
      • Billy Wilder
    • Stars
      • Jack Lemmon
      • Walter Matthau
      • Susan Sarandon
    • 75User reviews
    • 60Critic reviews
    • 62Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 3 wins & 6 nominations

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    Jack Lemmon
    Jack Lemmon
    • Hildy Johnson
    Walter Matthau
    Walter Matthau
    • Walter Burns
    Susan Sarandon
    Susan Sarandon
    • Peggy Grant
    Vincent Gardenia
    Vincent Gardenia
    • Sheriff
    David Wayne
    David Wayne
    • Bensinger
    Allen Garfield
    Allen Garfield
    • Kruger
    Austin Pendleton
    Austin Pendleton
    • Earl Williams
    Charles Durning
    Charles Durning
    • Murphy
    Herb Edelman
    Herb Edelman
    • Schwartz
    • (as Herbert Edelman)
    Martin Gabel
    Martin Gabel
    • Dr. Eggelhofer
    Harold Gould
    Harold Gould
    • The Mayor
    Cliff Osmond
    Cliff Osmond
    • Jacobi
    Dick O'Neill
    Dick O'Neill
    • McHugh
    Jon Korkes
    Jon Korkes
    • Rudy Keppler
    Lou Frizzell
    Lou Frizzell
    • Endicott
    Paul Benedict
    Paul Benedict
    • Plunkett
    Doro Merande
    Doro Merande
    • Jennie
    Noam Pitlik
    Noam Pitlik
    • Wilson
    • Director
      • Billy Wilder
    • Writers
      • Ben Hecht
      • Charles MacArthur
      • Billy Wilder
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    • Trivia
      This version of "The Front Page" was the first to mention the city by name and use actual Chicago newspapers. Billy Wilder felt that Chicago was the most exciting newspaper town in the country.
    • Goofs
      Hildy reminds Jenny, the cleaning woman, that he got her husband on The Amateur Hour. Major Bowes' Amateur Hour premiered as a local show in New York in 1934, and on the NBC Network in 1935, six years after this movie was set.
    • Quotes

      [last lines]

      Walter Burns: That train that just left, what's the first stop?

      Telegrapher: Gary, Indiana.

      Walter Burns: All right. Send a message to the police chief at Gary, Indiana. Tell him to meet the midnight train to Philadelphia and arrest one Hildy Johnson.

      Telegrapher: Hildy Johnson?

      Walter Burns: Yeah. Son of a bitch stole my watch.

    • Crazy credits
      The closing credits sequence began by scrolling up photos of the major characters, flanked by printed info on what happened to each character. The acting and music credits followed.
    • Connections
      Featured in AFI Life Achievement Award: AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Billy Wilder (1986)
    • Soundtracks
      Button Up Your Overcoat
      By Buddy G. DeSylva (as B.G. DeSylva), Lew Brown, and Ray Henderson
      © 1928 by B.G. DeSylva, Brown & Henderson Inc.
      © Renewed Assigned to Chappel & Co., Inc.
      Published in U.S.A. by Chappel & Co., Inc. and Anne-Rachel Music Corp.
      Performed by Susan Sarandon

    User reviews75

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    I also do not understand the critics on this one. It's fast-paced, magnificently cynical throughout, unabashedly edgy, and the one-liners come faster than zingers on your average sit-com. Plus it captures the world of urban newspapers better than other movies capture the world of almost anything they attempt.
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    • Release date
      • December 20, 1974 (Canada)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Official site
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Extrablatt
    • Filming locations
      • Los Angeles, California, USA(Orpheum Theatre)
    • Production company
      • Universal Pictures
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    • Budget
      • $4,000,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 45 minutes
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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