His Girl Friday
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1940
1h 32m
NR
English
Comedy, Romance
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His Girl Friday
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.
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Cast
Walter Burns
Hildy Johnson
Bruce Baldwin
Sheriff Hartwell
Mollie Malloy
Murphy
Bensinger
Endicott
Mayor
McCue
Wilson
Sanders
Louie
Duffy
Earl Williams
Mrs. Baldwin
Joe Pettibone
Warden Cooley
Dr. Egelhoffer
Gus (uncredited)
Mike (uncredited)
Insurance Doctor (uncredited)
Elevator Passenger (uncredited)
Cop (uncredited)
Newspaper Office Worker (uncredited...
Directed By: Howard Hawks
Written By: Ben Hecht (Screenplay), Charles Lederer (Screenplay)
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drqshadow
/10 5 years ago
Smooth-talking press personalities from a bygone age, chasing each other's tails and trying to get in the last word amidst a riled-up crew of snappy, witty, improv-happy verbal maestros. The breakneck pace this film is able to maintain via dialog alone is just staggering, head-spinning to the po More
PorterUk
/10 4 years ago
There's fewer better scripts than this. The delivery by Cary Grant - for my money the most charismatic actor of all time - and Rosalind Russell is just fantastic.
It'll take your brain a little moment to tune in as the delivery is so rapid. (Did they speed up the projection as it doesn' More
It'll take your brain a little moment to tune in as the delivery is so rapid. (Did they speed up the projection as it doesn' More
CinemaSerf
2 years ago
This is a belter of a film! Essentially just a two hander with Cary Grant ("Walter Burns") as the editor of a newspaper facing the loss of his ex-wife, and best reporter Rosalind Russell ("Hildy Johnson") who has decided to marry Ralph Bellamy ("Bruce Baldwin") and start a new life. Anyone who enjoy More
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