The Front Page (1974)

Directed by

Billy Wilder

Genre

comedy drama, romantic comedy film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 47m

Rated

PG

Rating

7.3 of 10 from 387 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A fast-talking reporter tries to quit his job to get married, but his ruthless editor tricks him into covering one last story about a condemned man about to be executed. The film follows their tense and comic battle of wits in a chaotic newsroom.

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What happens

The Front Page is a 1974 American black comedy-drama film directed by Billy Wilder, and starring Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau. The screenplay by Wilder and I. A. L. Diamond is based on Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur's 1928 play of the same name (which inspired several other films, such as 1931's The Front Page, the 1940 comedy His Girl Friday and televised movies and series episodes). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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