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His Girl Friday

His Girl Friday

They're at each other's throats when they're not in each other's arms!

19407.41h 32m

Overview

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.

Directed by Howard Hawks
Written by Charles MacArthur, Ben Hecht, Charles Lederer
Produced by Howard Hawks
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Top Cast

Cary Grant

Cary Grant

Walter Burns

Rosalind Russell

Rosalind Russell

Hildy Johnson

Ralph Bellamy

Ralph Bellamy

Bruce Baldwin

Gene Lockhart

Gene Lockhart

Sheriff Hartwell

Porter Hall

Porter Hall

Murphy

Ernest Truex

Ernest Truex

Bensinger

Cliff Edwards

Cliff Edwards

Endicott

Clarence Kolb

Clarence Kolb

Mayor

Roscoe Karns

Roscoe Karns

McCue

Frank Jenks

Frank Jenks

Wilson

Themes & Keywords

prisonjournalistsuicidejournalismbased on play or musicalwagerfugitiveblack and whitescrewball comedycorrupt politiciannewspaper editorinsurance agentfiancé fiancée relationshippress roompolitical corruptionrolltop deskreprievebride-to-beex spousesimminent executionconvicted murderercomedy of remarriageambivalent

About His Girl Friday

His Girl Friday is a comedy, romance, drama film released in 1940 exploring themes of prison, journalist, suicide, journalism, based on play or musical, wager. Directed by Howard Hawks, it stars Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell, Ralph Bellamy. 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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