The Front Page (1974)
Overview
A journalist suffering from burn-out wants to finally say goodbye to his office – but his boss doesn’t like the idea one bit.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $4,000,000.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 7.909 |
Directed By
Billy Wilder
Crew
Billy Wilder
Jennings Lang
Ralph E. Winters
I. A. L. Diamond
Jordan Cronenweth
Ben Hecht
James W. Payne
Burton Miller
Henry Bumstead
Billy Wilder
Paul Monash
Charles MacArthur
Robert Martin
Robert L. Hoyt
Richard Washington
Tom Steele
Max Balchowsky
Carey Loftin
Paul Nuckles
Roger Creed
Eddie Hice
Jerry Summers
Wally Rose
Fred Dale
Howard Curtis
Louie Elias
Marvin Walters
Tommy J. Huff
John Quijada
Richard Farnsworth
Gary Davis
Bobby Ferro
Gary McLarty
Ronnie Rondell Jr.
Fred Waugh
Bud Ekins
Jesse Wayne
TOP CAST
Jack Lemmon
Hildebrand Johnson
Walter Matthau
Walter Burns
Susan Sarandon
Peggy Grant
Vincent Gardenia
Sheriff
David Wayne
Roy Bensinger
Allen Garfield
Kruger
Austin Pendleton
Earl Williams
Charles Durning
Murphy
Herb Edelman
Schwartz
Martin Gabel
Dr. Max J. Eggelhofer
Harold Gould
Mayor
Cliff Osmond
Officer Jacobi
Dick O'Neill
McHugh
Jon Korkes
Rudy Keppler
Carol Burnett
Mollie Malloy
Paul Benedict
Plunkett
Allen Jenkins
Telegrapher
Barbara Davis
Myrtle
Biff Elliot
Police Dispatcher
Lou Frizzell
Endicott
Doro Merande
Jennie
Noam Pitlik
Wilson
Joshua Shelley
Cab Driver
John Furlong
Duffy
Leonard Bremen
Butch
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