The Front Page
“It's the hottest story since the Chicago fire...and they're sitting on it.”
Ruthless Chicago newspaper editor Walter Burns resorts to dubious motives in order to get top reporter Hildy Johnson to cover one more big crime story before retirement.
Genres
Comedy
Studio
Universal Pictures
Language
en
Status
Released
How The Front Page performed
Budget
$4.0M
Worldwide Gross
$15.0M
Gross Profit
$11.0M
Return
3.8× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$2M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~45/55, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (32% of the domestic run, typical for Comedy) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
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Cast
Hildebrand Johnson
Jack Lemmon
Hildebrand Johnson
Walter Burns
Walter Matthau
Walter Burns
Peggy Grant
Susan Sarandon
Peggy Grant
Sheriff
Vincent Gardenia
Sheriff
Roy Bensinger
David Wayne
Roy Bensinger
Kruger
Allen Garfield
Kruger
Earl Williams
Austin Pendleton
Earl Williams
Murphy
Charles Durning
Murphy
Schwartz
Herb Edelman
Schwartz
Dr. Max J. Eggelhofer
Martin Gabel
Dr. Max J. Eggelhofer
Mayor
Harold Gould
Mayor
Officer Jacobi
Cliff Osmond
Officer Jacobi
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