The Front Page

December. 18,1974      PG
Rating:
7.3
Trailer Synopsis Cast

A journalist suffering from burn-out wants to finally say goodbye to his office – but his boss doesn’t like the idea one bit.

Jack Lemmon as  Hildebrand Johnson
Walter Matthau as  Walter Burns
Susan Sarandon as  Peggy Grant
Vincent Gardenia as  Sheriff
David Wayne as  Roy Bensinger
Allen Garfield as  Kruger
Austin Pendleton as  Earl Williams
Charles Durning as  Murphy
Herb Edelman as  Schwartz
Martin Gabel as  Dr. Max J. Eggelhofer

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Reviews

Platicsco
1974/12/18

Good story, Not enough for a whole film

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Chirphymium
1974/12/19

It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

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Dirtylogy
1974/12/20

It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.

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Portia Hilton
1974/12/21

Blistering performances.

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