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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.
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
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...
