His Girl Friday (1940)
January 18, 1940
Comedy, Romance
1h 32m


They're at each other's throats when they're not in each other's arms!
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.
Cast & Crew
- Director
- Howard Hawks
- Walter Burns Cary Grant
- Hildy Johnson Rosalind Russell
- Bruce Baldwin Ralph Bellamy
- Sheriff Hartwell Gene Lockhart
- Mollie Malloy Helen Mack
- Murphy Porter Hall
- Bensinger Ernest Truex
- Endicott Cliff Edwards
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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
- criterion
- bride-to-be
- ex spouses
- imminent execution
- convicted murderer
- comedy of remarriage