The Front Page (1974)

The Front Page is a 1974 American black comedy-drama film directed by Billy Wilder and starring Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau.
==Plot==
Successful Chicago newspaper reporter Hildy Johnson (Jack Lemmon) is hanging up his journalist's hat to marry Peggy Grant (Susan Sarandon). When his editor, the arrogant, self-important Walter Burns (Walter Matthau), learns of Hildy's plans, he goes to great lengths to keep his star writer. They learn that the notorious (but possibly wrongfully accused) criminal, Earl Williams (Austin Pendleton), has escaped on the eve of his execution, and Hildy can't resist this one last sensational story.
==Cast==
*Jack Lemmon as Hildebrand 'Hildy' Johnson
*Walter Matthau as Walter Burns
*Susan Sarandon as Peggy Grant
*Vincent Gardenia as Sheriff "Honest Pete" Hartman
*David Wayne as Roy Bensinger
*Allen Garfield as Kruger
*Charles Durning as Murphy
*Herb Edelman as Schwartz
*Austin Pendleton as Earl Williams
*Carol Burnett as Mollie Malloy
*Martin Gabel as Dr. Max J. Eggelhofer
*Harold Gould as The Mayor
*John Furlong as Duffy
*Jon Korkes as Rudy Keppler
*Cliff Osmond as Officer Jacobi
*Lou Frizzell as Endicott
*Paul Benedict as Plunkett
*Dick O'Neill as McHugh
*Biff Elliot as Police Dispatcher
*Barbara Davis as Myrtle
Category:1974 films
Category:American films
Category:English-language films
Category:Films
Category:1970s films
Category:American black comedy films
Category:Black comedy films
Category:American comedy drama films
Category:Comedy drama films
Category:American romance films
Category:Romance films
Category:American romantic comedy films
Category:Romantic comedy films
Category:American screwball comedy films
Category:Screwball Comedy films
Category:Screwball films
Category:American films based on plays
Category:Films based on plays
Category:Universal Pictures films
Category:Films directed by Billy Wilder
Category:Rated PG