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The Front Page (1974)
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"It's the hottest story since the Chicago fire...and they're sitting on it."
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73
PG
1 hr 45 min
Dec 18th, 1974
Comedy
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A journalist suffering from burn-out wants to finally say goodbye to his office – but his boss doesn’t like the idea one bit.
Starring
Jack Lemmon
Walter Matthau
Susan Sarandon
Director
Billy Wilder
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J
Jack Lemmon
as Hildebrand Johnson
W
Walter Matthau
as Walter Burns
S
Susan Sarandon
as Peggy Grant
V
Vincent Gardenia
as Sheriff
D
David Wayne
as Roy Bensinger
A
Allen Garfield
as Kruger
B
Billy Wilder
Screenplay
J
Jennings Lang
Executive Producer
R
Ralph E. Winters
Editor
I
I. A. L. Diamond
Screenplay
J
Jordan Cronenweth
Director of Photography
B
Ben Hecht
Theatre Play
Movie Details
Theatrical Release:
December 18th, 1974
On DVD & Blu-ray:
June 17th, 1998
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Movie Budget:
$4,000,000
Original Language:
English
Executive Producers:
Jennings Lang
Production Companies:
Universal Pictures
Movie Tags:
journalist
chicago, illinois
newspaper
marriage proposal
newspaper man
stress
father-in-law
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