Allen Garfield, Austin Pendleton, Carol Burnett

The ruthless managing editor of a Chicago newspaper angrily learns his ace reporter plans to leave the paper to get married. While he trains a replacement, all hell breaks loose and a convicted killer...( read more  read more... ) escapes from right under the nose of a bumbling sheriff.

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PG, 1 hr. 45 min.

Directed by: Billy Wilder

Release Date: December 1, 1974

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DVD Release Date: June 15, 1998

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  • October 7, 2009
    "the front page" is the third time re-adaption of the stage play by ben hencht(who wrote the original scarface) and chas. macarthur. the first appearance on screen was in 1931, and the second time would be the most reputable one "his girl friday" in 1940 by howard hawks who had ...( read more)co-operated with hecht previously in "scarface"...now this time, billy wilder gets his feet wet with this sassy script of rotten journalism, spicing it up with even more political cynicism which is wilder's trademark, a sneer to various aspects of conventional americanism, such as patriotism gets mocked in "stalag 17", bureaucracy of enterprise in "the apartment", homophobia in "some like it hot", hollywood decay in "sunset blvd.", capitalist's narcissism in "love in the afternoon"...etc.

    the script is also penned partly by wilder whose version is more faithful to the hencht's play except some few parts he added to make fun of emasculated dandyism, maccarthyism parody...and the stimulus appears so often that it loses its brightfulness and ceases to be funny when it comes to the satire of journalism, wilder does a superb job in his own script "ace in the hole" with kirk douglas in the 50s...
  • December 24, 2006
    Disappointing remake of His Girl Friday kept watchable by the comic talents of one of the best double acts in the business.
  • November 22, 2009
    very funny journalism satire which showcases the fantastic duo of walter matthau and jack lemmon, even today over 30 years on the comedy still hits home perfectly, dont miss it !
  • October 21, 2009
    Matthau & Lemmon are always classic together
  • April 10, 2009
    TAASAN NYO RIN POH YUNG RATE KO TNX
  • November 14, 2008
    Good story and quality acting but it just doesn't work anymore.
  • June 28, 2008
    It's okay, but not nearly as hilarious and entertaining as other Lemmon/Matthau collaborations.

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