His Girl Friday
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His Girl Friday (1940)

18/01/1940
Comedy, Romance
1h 32m

They're at each other's throats when they're not in each other's arms!

Overview

Walter Burns is an irresistibly conniving newspaper publisher desperate to woo back his paper’s star reporter, who also happens to be his estranged wife. She’s threatening to quit and settle down with a new beau, but, as Walter knows, she has a weakness: she can’t resist a juicy scoop.

  • Howard HawksDirector
  • Charles LedererScreenplay
  • Ben HechtScreenplay
  • Status

    Released

  • Original Language

    English

Keywords

  • prison
  • journalist
  • suicide
  • journalism
  • based on play or musical
  • wager
  • fugitive
  • black and white
  • screwball comedy
  • corrupt politician
  • newspaper editor
  • insurance agent
  • fiancé fiancée relationship
  • press room
  • political corruption
  • rolltop desk
  • reprieve
  • bride-to-be
  • ex spouses
  • imminent execution
  • convicted murderer
  • comedy of remarriage

Top Billed Cast

Cary Grant

Cary Grant

Walter Burns

Rosalind Russell

Rosalind Russell

Hildy Johnson

Ralph Bellamy

Ralph Bellamy

Bruce Baldwin

Gene Lockhart

Gene Lockhart

Sheriff Hartwell

Helen Mack

Helen Mack

Mollie Malloy

Porter Hall

Porter Hall

Murphy

Ernest Truex

Ernest Truex

Bensinger

Cliff Edwards

Cliff Edwards

Endicott

Clarence Kolb

Clarence Kolb

Mayor

Roscoe Karns

Roscoe Karns

McCue

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