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The Front Page

A crusading newspaper editor tricks his retiring star reporter into covering one last case.

Director

Lewis Milestone

Year

Genre

comedy, crime, drama

Box Office

$1,526,000

Production

The Caddo Company

Awards

Nominated for 3 Oscars. 2 wins & 4 nominations total

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Walter Burns

Hildy Johnson

Peggy Grant

Roy B. Bensinger

Edward Everett Horton

Murphy

Earl Williams

George E. Stone

Molly Molloy

Irving Pincus

Slim Summerville

Kruger

McCue

Sheriff Hartman

Clarence Wilson

Schwartz

Wilson

Endicott

Woodenshoes

Spencer Charters

Diamond Louie

Mrs. Grant

Jenny

Dorothea Wolbert

The Mayor

Jacobi

Richard Alexander

Reporter

Madame

Carl - a Detective

Policeman

Searcher at Speakeasy Door

Max Hoffman Jr.

Policeman

Undetermined Secondary Role

Herman J. Mankiewicz

Undetermined Secondary Role

Lewis Milestone

Professor Max J. Egelhoffer

Gustav von Seyffertitz

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Irving Pincus Sheriff Hartman Walter Burns Roy B. Bensinger Molly Molloy Kruger Endicott Peggy Grant Schwartz Diamond Louie Earl Williams

We're all ready to shoot it, Jacobi.
Ready whenever you are. - The Front Page

We're all ready to shoot it, Jacobi. Ready whenever you...

Say, Henry! - The Front Page

-Did you find Johnson, sir?
No. - The Front Page

-Did you find Johnson, sir? No.

Hildy Johnson here? - The Front Page

Hildy Johnson here?

Hi, Leezie. I'm looking for Hildy Johnson. - The Front Page

Hi, Leezie. I'm looking for Hildy Johnson.

Two dollars, please. - The Front Page

Two dollars, please.

You're the cool - The Front Page

You're the cool

All we have to do is throw the old underwear
in the trunk 24 hours earlier, that's all. - The Front Page

All we have to do is throw the old underwear in the trunk 24...

That's the dress you had on
the first night I met you. - The Front Page

That's the dress you had on the first night I met you.

Boy, I wish I could find
the guy that did this. - The Front Page

Boy, I wish I could find the guy that did this.

You're leaving me for marriage - The Front Page

You're leaving me for marriage

Get a home and a wife - The Front Page

Get a home and a wife

While the fellas were out having a lot of fun - The Front Page

While the fellas were out having a lot of fun

I never was big enough to let a nice girl reform me - The Front Page

I never was big enough to let a nice girl reform me

Bet two Three cards - The Front Page

Bet two Three cards

It's the Hildy Johnson curse - The Front Page

It's the Hildy Johnson curse

Tootsie Wootsie - The Front Page

Tootsie Wootsie

He's going to write poetry about milady's drawers - The Front Page

He's going to write poetry about milady's drawers

Listen to whose talking - The Front Page

Listen to whose talking

-Look here, fellas!
-How are ya, Sheriff? - The Front Page

-Look here, fellas! -How are ya, Sheriff?

Joins a parade of unemployed - The Front Page

Joins a parade of unemployed

How about a favor that certain party is asking - The Front Page

How about a favor that certain party is asking

Because he ain't - The Front Page

Because he ain't

The newspapers have got to put their shoulders to the wheel - The Front Page

The newspapers have got to put their shoulders to the wheel

We're going to reform the reds with a rope That's our slogan - The Front Page

We're going to reform the reds with a rope That's...

The whole meal was furnished by Charlie Apfel - The Front Page

The whole meal was furnished by Charlie Apfel

I never said I loved Earl Williams and that I was willing to marry him on the gallows - The Front Page

I never said I loved Earl Williams and that I was willing to...

Just because you want to fill your lying papers with a lot of dirty scandal - The Front Page

Just because you want to fill your lying papers with a lot...

Yes me Molly Malloy a common streetwalker - The Front Page

Yes me Molly Malloy a common streetwalker

-Do you guys wanna play some more poker?
-Aw... - The Front Page

-Do you guys wanna play some more poker? -Aw...

Now, think that I am the policeman.
You understand? - The Front Page

Now, think that I am the policeman. You understand?

-Hildy, I hope you got a return-trip ticket.
-You'll be back next week. - The Front Page

-Hildy, I hope you got a return-trip ticket. -You'll be...

Hey, Jacobi! - The Front Page

Every time I've wanted you for something - The Front Page

Every time I've wanted you for something

Mrs Phoebe DeWolfe 861 and a half South Euclid Street colored - The Front Page

Mrs Phoebe DeWolfe 861 and a half South Euclid Street...

What affect is this jail break gonna have on the colored voters - The Front Page

What affect is this jail break gonna have on the colored...

At last Louie Have you got the dough Huh - The Front Page

At last Louie Have you got the dough Huh

I'm gonna take a the chance - The Front Page

I'm gonna take a the chance

Hey, look. What it says on there? - The Front Page

Hey, look. What it says on there?

I'm gonna look you up in New York
if there's anything wrong with this. - The Front Page

I'm gonna look you up in New York if there's anyth...

Waking me up in the middle of the night - The Front Page

Waking me up in the middle of the night

I'm ready to go I don't care - The Front Page

I'm ready to go I don't care

I ain't important - The Front Page

I ain't important

Tell her to stand up - The Front Page

Tell her to stand up

What are you looking for Roy I forgot my aspirin - The Front Page

What are you looking for Roy I forgot my aspirin

Get the tonseline - The Front Page

Get the tonseline

And see that she doesn't talk to anyone on the way - The Front Page

And see that she doesn't talk to anyone on the way

Where do you think you're going I'm gonna get my girl - The Front Page

Where do you think you're going I'm gonna get my...

Why you drooling saphead What do you mean a story - The Front Page

Why you drooling saphead What do you mean a story

Tell her nothing - The Front Page

Tell her nothing

If you want me take me as I am instead of trying to make a floozy out of me - The Front Page

If you want me take me as I am instead of trying to make a...

Let me go. Let me out of here! - The Front Page

Let me go. Let me out of here!

Fine. Three taps is me. Don't forget. - The Front Page

Fine. Three taps is me. Don't forget.

Fifteen years I've been telling you how to write a newspaper story - The Front Page

Fifteen years I've been telling you how to write a...

That was one swell story you had in the paper this morning - The Front Page

That was one swell story you had in the paper this morning

He hear's footsteps - The Front Page

He hear's footsteps

Who wants to hear about your wife - The Front Page

Who wants to hear about your wife

What a thing to say - The Front Page

What a thing to say

Is this the home of Mrs - The Front Page

Is this the home of Mrs

If I'm not telling you the absolute truth - The Front Page

If I'm not telling you the absolute truth

Fifteen years we've been knockin around together - The Front Page

Fifteen years we've been knockin around together

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A crusading newspaper editor tricks his retiring star reporter into covering one last case.

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Director: Lewis Milestone

Writer: Ben Hecht, Charles MacArthur, Bartlett Cormack

Production: The Caddo Company

Genre: comedy, crime, drama

Year: 1931

MetaScore: 76/100

ImdbRating: 6.7

BoxOffice: $1,526,000

Released: 04 Apr 1931

Awards: Nominated for 3 Oscars. 2 wins & 4 nominations total

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