
The Front Page (1974)
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- PG
- 1h 45min
- Comedy, Drama
- 20 Dec 1974 (Canada)
- Movie
- 3 wins & 6 nominations.
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Cast verified as complete
Jack Lemmon | ... |
Hildy Johnson
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Walter Matthau | ... |
Walter Burns
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Susan Sarandon | ... |
Peggy Grant
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Vincent Gardenia | ... |
Sheriff
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David Wayne | ... |
Bensinger
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Allen Garfield | ... |
Kruger
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Austin Pendleton | ... |
Earl Williams
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Charles Durning | ... |
Murphy
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Herb Edelman | ... |
Schwartz
(as Herbert Edelman)
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Martin Gabel | ... |
Dr. Eggelhofer
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Harold Gould | ... |
The Mayor
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Cliff Osmond | ... |
Jacobi
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Dick O'Neill | ... |
McHugh
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Jon Korkes | ... |
Rudy Keppler
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Lou Frizzell | ... |
Endicott
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Paul Benedict | ... |
Plunkett
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Doro Merande | ... |
Jennie
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Noam Pitlik | ... |
Wilson
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Joshua Shelley | ... |
Cab Driver
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Allen Jenkins | ... |
Telegrapher
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John Furlong | ... |
Duffy
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Biff Elliot | ... |
Police Dispatcher
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Barbara Davis | ... |
Myrtle
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Leonard Bremen | ... |
Butch
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Carol Burnett | ... |
Mollie Malloy
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Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
Bob Harks | ... |
Policeman (uncredited)
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Mark Sawtelle | ... |
Boy (uncredited)
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Directed by
Billy Wilder |
Written by
Ben Hecht | ... | (play) and |
Charles MacArthur | ... | (play) |
Billy Wilder | ... | (screenplay) & |
I.A.L. Diamond | ... | (screenplay) |
Produced by
Jennings Lang | ... | executive producer |
Paul Monash | ... | producer |
Cinematography by
Jordan Cronenweth | ... | director of photography (as Jordan S. Cronenweth) |
Editing by
Ralph E. Winters |
Art Direction by
Henry Bumstead |
Set Decoration by
James W. Payne |
Costume Design by
Burton Miller |
Makeup Department
Connie Nichols | ... | hair stylist (uncredited) |
Production Management
Carter De Haven Jr. | ... | unit production manager |
Charles Clement | ... | post production operations head (uncredited) |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Charles Dismukes | ... | second assistant director (as Charles E. Dismukes) |
Howard G. Kazanjian | ... | first assistant director |
Carey Loftin | ... | second unit director |
Craig Huston | ... | additional second assistant director (uncredited) |
Art Department
Jack Hamilton | ... | assistant property master |
John R. Jensen | ... | construction foreman |
Birney Lettick | ... | poster artist |
Robert Murdock | ... | property master |
Bill Gold | ... | poster designer (uncredited) |
Sound Department
Jack Bolger | ... | re-recording mixer |
Robert L. Hoyt | ... | sound (as Robert Hoyt) |
Robert Martin | ... | sound |
Ronald Pierce | ... | re-recording mixer |
George Fredrick | ... | sound editor (uncredited) |
Colin C. Mouat | ... | sound editor (uncredited) |
Dennis C. Salcedo | ... | optical sound recordist (uncredited) |
Roger Sword | ... | sound editor (uncredited) |
Stunts
Max Balchowsky | ... | stunts (uncredited) |
Roger Creed | ... | stunts (uncredited) |
Howard Curtis | ... | stunts (uncredited) |
Fred Dale | ... | stunts (uncredited) |
Gary Davis | ... | stunts (uncredited) |
Bud Ekins | ... | stunts (uncredited) |
Louie Elias | ... | stunts (uncredited) |
Richard Farnsworth | ... | stunts (uncredited) |
Bobby Ferro | ... | stunts (uncredited) |
Eddie Hice | ... | stunts (uncredited) |
Tommy J. Huff | ... | stunts (uncredited) |
William T. Lane | ... | stunts (uncredited) |
Carey Loftin | ... | stunt coordinator (uncredited) |
Gary McLarty | ... | stunts (uncredited) |
Paul Nuckles | ... | stunts (uncredited) |
John Quijada | ... | stunts (uncredited) |
Ronnie Rondell Jr. | ... | stunts (uncredited) |
Wally Rose | ... | stunts (uncredited) |
Tom Steele | ... | stunts (uncredited) |
Jerry Summers | ... | stunts (uncredited) |
Marvin Walters | ... | stunts (uncredited) |
Richard Washington | ... | stunts (uncredited) |
Fred Waugh | ... | stunts (uncredited) |
Jesse Wayne | ... | stunt double: Austin Pendleton (uncredited) / stunts (uncredited) |
Jack Wilson | ... | stunts (uncredited) |
Camera and Electrical Department
Arthur W. Frantz | ... | lighting tech: san francisco |
Thomas Del Ruth | ... | camera operator (uncredited) |
Doug Mathias | ... | lighting technician (uncredited) |
Music Department
Billy May | ... | music adaptor |
Additional Crew
Wayne Fitzgerald | ... | title designer |
Tom Greene | ... | production assistant (uncredited) |
Rex McGee | ... | assistant: Billy Wilder (uncredited) |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Universal Pictures (1974) (United States) (theatrical) (as A Universal Picture)
- Cinema International Corporation (CIC) (1974) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
- Universal Pictures Corporation of Far East (1974) (Philippines) (theatrical)
- Cinema International Corporation (CIC) (1975) (Argentina) (theatrical)
- Cinema International Corporation (CIC) (1975) (Australia) (theatrical)
- Cinema International Corporation (CIC) (1975) (West Germany) (theatrical)
- Cinema International Corporation (CIC) (1975) (Spain) (theatrical)
- Cinema International Corporation (CIC) (1975) (Finland) (theatrical)
- Cinema International Corporation (CIC) (1975) (France) (theatrical)
- Cinema International Corporation (CIC) (1975) (Italy) (theatrical)
- Cinema International Corporation (CIC) (1975) (Japan) (theatrical)
- Cinema International Corporation (CIC) (1975) (Norway) (theatrical)
- Cinema International Corporation (CIC) (1975) (Sweden) (theatrical)
- Filmes Lusomundo (1975) (Portugal) (theatrical)
- Universal Films of India (1978) (India) (theatrical)
- Esselte Video (Finland) (VHS)
- Rete 4 (1984) (Italy) (tv)
- Yleisradio (YLE) (1984) (Finland) (tv)
- Argentina Video Home (Argentina) (VHS)
- MCA/Universal Home Video (1992) (United States) (VHS)
- MCA TV (1996) (United States) (tv) (syndication)
- Universal Television (2000) (United States) (tv) (syndication)
- Universal Domestic Television (2002) (United States) (tv) (syndication)
- NBC Universal Television Distribution (2004) (United States) (tv) (syndication)
- Universal Studios Home Video (2005) (United States) (DVD)
- Future Film (2007) (Finland) (DVD)
- Madman Entertainment (2007) (Australia) (DVD)
- Madman Entertainment (2007) (New Zealand) (DVD)
- BAC Vidéo (2008) (France) (DVD)
- Carol Media Home (2008) (Germany) (DVD)
- Mainostelevisio (MTV3) (2008) (Finland) (tv)
- Kinokuniya (2009) (Japan) (DVD)
- Another World Entertainment (2010) (Denmark) (DVD)
- HanseSound (2014) (Germany) (Blu-ray)
- HanseSound (2014) (Germany) (DVD)
- Cult Media (2016) (Italy) (Blu-ray)
- LA7 (2016) (Italy) (tv)
- LA7d (2016) (Italy) (tv)
- WME Home Entertainment (2016) (Germany) (DVD)
- Koch Media (2018) (Germany) (Blu-ray)
- Koch Media (2018) (Germany) (DVD)
- GoodTimes Home Video (1997) (United States) (VHS)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Universal Title (titles and opticals)
- Cinematique (cosmetics)
- International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) (this picture made under the jurisdiction of)
- Westrex Recording System (acknowledgement)
Storyline
Plot Summary |
When Hildy Johnson, the top reporter of a Chicago newspaper, announces that he is quitting to get married, his editor, Walter Burns, desperately tries to change his mind. When denial, cursing, and luring don't work, Walter resorts to tricks. It's the day before a supposed communist is to be hanged, and all Chicago waits with bated breath. Meanwhile, each of the city's papers has a man on the story trying to get a scoop or angle for themselves. With a train to catch at midnight to join his fiancé, Hildy is at first not interested, but events and his own habits work against him as the day unfolds, and he can't help but get roped in, especially when the man to be executed escapes and then almost literally falls into his lap. Written by RCBP_Collection |
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Taglines | They'd do anything for a story...and do. See more » |
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Parents Guide | View content advisory » |
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Box Office
Budget | $4,000,000 (estimated) |
Did You Know?
Trivia | This version of "The Front Page" was the first to mention the city by name and use real Chicago newspapers. Billy Wilder felt that Chicago was the most exciting newspaper town in the country. See more » |
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. See more » |
Movie Connections | Featured in AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Billy Wilder (1986). See more » |
Soundtracks | Button Up Your Overcoat See more » |
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. See more » |
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. See more » |