The Front Page(Movie, 1974)

Name: The Front Page
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1974
Duration: T01:45:00
Rating: 3.7

1h 45min | Genre: Comedy

Rating: 3.7/5 (with 156 votes)

The Front Page is a 1974 American black comedy-drama film directed by Billy Wilder, and starring Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau. The screenplay by Wilder and I. A. L. Diamond is based on Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur's 1928 play of the same name (which inspired several other films, such as 1931's The Front Page, the 1940 comedy, His Girl Friday, and televised movies and series episodes). ()

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About The Front Page

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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The Front Page ≣ 1974 ≣ Trailer(Trailer, 2:32)

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Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)

Plays in: Chicago (Illinois)

Based on the work of: Ben Hecht, Charles MacArthur ("The Front Page")

Made by: Universal Pictures

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: English (EN)

Translated into 23 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Catalan (CA), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Estonian (ET), Finnish (FI), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Swedish (SV), Turkish (TR), Ukrainian (UK), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date US: 12/01/1974 (World premiere: 11/01/1974)

Cast: Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Charles Durning, David Wayne, Susan Sarandon, Carol Burnett, Vincent Gardenia, Harold Gould, Austin Pendleton, Herb Edelman, Paul Benedict, Cliff Osmond, Dick O'Neill, John Furlong, Allen Garfield, Lou Frizzell, Martin Gabel

Director: Billy Wilder

Producer: Paul Monash

Screenwriter: I. A. L. Diamond, Billy Wilder, Ben Hecht, Charles MacArthur

Executive Producer: Jennings Lang

Film Editor: Ralph E. Winters

Director of Photography: Jordan Cronenweth

Composer: Billy May

Production Designer: Henry Bumstead

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"Primera plana"

"Prima pagina"

Keywords: newspaper, father-in-law, newspaper man, stress, chicago, illinois, marriage proposal, journalist

Budget: 4,000,000 USD

Revenue: 15,000,000 USD (= 375%)

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The Front Page(Movie, 1974)

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