

His Girl Friday
1940 · Movie · 1h 32m · NR
ComedyRomanceDrama
"They're at each other's throats when they're not in each other's arms!"
Overview
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.
Ratings
TMDB
7.4/10
Key crew
- Howard HawksDirector
- Charles LedererScreenplay
- Ben HechtScreenplay
- Sidney CutnerOriginal Music Composer
- Felix MillsOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Cary GrantWalter Burns
- Rosalind RussellHildy Johnson
- Ralph BellamyBruce Baldwin
- Gene LockhartSheriff Hartwell
- Porter HallMurphy
- Ernest TruexBensinger
- Cliff EdwardsEndicott
- Clarence KolbMayor
- Roscoe KarnsMcCue
- Frank JenksWilson
- Regis ToomeySanders
- Abner BibermanLouie
Stills
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Themes
prisonjournalistsuicidejournalismbased on play or musicalwagerfugitiveblack and whitescrewball comedycorrupt politiciannewspaper editorinsurance agent











