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About
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.
Theatrical
Dec 18, 1974
Box Office
$15.0M
Budget
$4.0M
Return
3.8x
DVD / Blu-ray
Jun 17, 1998
Director
Writers
Producers
Studio
Universal Pictures
Cast
Full credits →J
Jack Lemmon
Hildebrand Johnson
W
Walter Matthau
Walter Burns
S
Susan Sarandon
Peggy Grant
V
Vincent Gardenia
Sheriff
D
David Wayne
Roy Bensinger
A
Allen Garfield
Kruger
A
Austin Pendleton
Earl Williams
C
Charles Durning
Murphy
H
Herb Edelman
Schwartz
M
Martin Gabel
Dr. Max J. Eggelhofer
H
Harold Gould
Mayor
C
Cliff Osmond
Officer Jacobi
D
Dick O'Neill
McHugh
J
Jon Korkes
Rudy Keppler
C
Carol Burnett
Mollie Malloy
P
Paul Benedict
Plunkett
A
Allen Jenkins
Telegrapher
B
Barbara Davis
Myrtle
B
Biff Elliot
Police Dispatcher
L
Lou Frizzell
Endicott
