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The Front Page is a Broadway comedy about newspaper reporters on the police beat. Written by former Chicago reporters Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur , it was first produced in 1928 and has been adapted for the cinema several times.
The Front Page is a 1974 American black comedy-drama film directed by Billy Wilder, and starring Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau.
The Front Page is a 1931 American pre-Code screwball black comedy film directed by Lewis Milestone and starring Adolphe Menjou and Pat O'Brien.
Dec 20, 1974 · A newspaper editor tries to stop his star reporter from quitting and covering a crime story in Chicago. The film is based on a play and features Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau and Susan Sarandon.
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- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Billy Wilder
- 1974-12-20
Written by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur, The Front Page is a play that is considered responsible for defining the modern stereotype of a reporter as a hard-drinking, hard-boiled journalist intent on uncovering truth even in the face of danger.
Oct 15, 2016 · In the classic stage comedy “The Front Page” — the best play about newspapering ever written — Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur found in the gaggle of rascally newshounds in 1928 Chicago a rich...
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 ...
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- Comedy, Drama
- PG
