The Front Page (1931)

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
	Adolphe Menjou	...	Walter Burns
	Pat O'Brien	...	Hildebrand 'Hildy' Johnson
	Mary Brian	...	Peggy Grant
	Edward Everett Horton	...	Roy V. Bensinger
	Walter Catlett	...	Jimmy Murphy (as Walter L. Catlett)
	George E. Stone	...	Earl Williams
	Mae Clarke	...	Molly Malloy
	Slim Summerville	...	Irving Pincus
	Matt Moore	...	Ernie Kruger
	Frank McHugh	...	'Mac' McCue
	Clarence Wilson	...	Sheriff Peter B. 'Pinky' Hartman (as Clarence H. Wilson)
	Fred Howard	...	Schwartz (as Freddie Howard)
	Phil Tead	...	Wilson
	Eugene Strong	...	Endicott (as Gene Strong)
	Spencer Charters	...	Woodenshoes

Storyline

Hildy Johnson, newspaper reporter, is engaged to Peggy Grant and planning to move to New York for a higher paying advertising job. The court press room is full of lame reporters who invent stories as much as write them. All are waiting to cover the hanging of Earl Williams. When Williams escapes from the inept Sheriff, Hildy seizes the opportunity by using his $260 honeymoon money to payoff an insider and get the scoop on the escape. However, Walter Burns, the Post's editor, is slow to repay Hildy back, hoping that he will stay on the story. Getting a major scoop looks possible when Hildy stumbles onto the bewildered escapee and hides him in a roll-top desk in the press room. Burns shows up to help. Can they keep Williams' whereabouts secret long enough to get the scoop, especially with the Sheriff and other reporters hovering around? Written by Gary Jackson <garyjack5@cogeco.ca>  

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