His Girl Friday
- Comedy
- Crime
- Romance
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 Lederer, Ben Hecht, Howard Hawks
Cast
Cary Grant- Rosalind Russell
- Ralph Bellamy
- Gene Lockhart
- Porter Hall
- Ernest Truex
- Cliff Edwards
- Clarence Kolb
- Roscoe Karns
- Frank Jenks
- Regis Toomey
- Abner Biberman
Keywords
- fugitive
- prison
- based on play or musical
- political corruption
- ambivalent
- corrupt politician
- black and white
- journalist
- journalism
- screwball comedy
- suicide
- insurance agent
- bride-to-be
- wager
- convicted murderer
- fiancé fiancée relationship
- newspaper editor
- ex spouses
- comedy of remarriage
- imminent execution
- press room
- rolltop desk
- reprieve
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