His Girl Friday

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1940

1h 32m

English

Comedy, Romance

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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 resi...

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His Girl Friday

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1940

1h 32m

English

Comedy, Romance

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Cast

Hildy Johnson

Walter Burns

Bruce Baldwin

Sheriff Hartwell

Mayor

Mollie Malloy

Murphy

Bensinger

McCue

Endicott

Sanders

Wilson

Earl Williams

Louie

Duffy

Mrs. Baldwin

Joe Pettibone

Warden Cooley

Dr. Egelhoffer

Gus (uncredited)

Mike (uncredited)

Insurance Doctor (uncredited)

Wheaton Chambers

Elevator Passenger (uncredited)

Edmund Cobb

Cop (uncredited)

Ann Doran

Newspaper Office Worker (uncredited...

Directed By: Howard Hawks

Written By: Ben Hecht (Screenplay), Charles Lederer (Screenplay)

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KurtMoney says...

6 years ago

A perfect movie. That's it. Absolutely perfect.

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soonertbone says...

8 months ago

The whole movie is a masterpiece, but Rosalind Russell is my screwball GOAT. I adore her in this.

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sophiemanic says...

3 years ago

I thought I would love this movie more than I did. This is supposed to be a screw-ball comedy, but I only laughed once during this whole movie. I was disappointed…

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bfchris says...

one year ago

"His Girl Friday" is proof that not all classic films must be at a snail's pace. (I agree with others that the title makes no sense.) This was cracking good fun! Fabulous performances all around, and a terrific script. I found the ending very satisfying, as it seemed to me that Rosalind Russell did a superb job of building evidence that journalism is what makes her heart beat. It's quite ironic to me that some 21st century viewers found a man's encouragement of a woman's career to be a shame, and preferred she become a homemaker! This was a refreshing and interesting reversal for a 1939/40 film.

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drqshadow

8/10 4 years ago

Smooth-talking press personalities from a bygone age, chasing each other's tails and trying to get in the last word amidst a riled-up crew of snappy, witty, improv-happy verbal maestros. The breakneck pace this film is able to maintain via dialog alone is just staggering, head-spinning to the po More

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PorterUk

9/10 4 years ago

There's fewer better scripts than this. The delivery by Cary Grant - for my money the most charismatic actor of all time - and Rosalind Russell is just fantastic.

It'll take your brain a little moment to tune in as the delivery is so rapid. (Did they speed up the projection as it doesn' More

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CinemaSerf

2 years ago

This is a belter of a film! Essentially just a two hander with Cary Grant ("Walter Burns") as the editor of a newspaper facing the loss of his ex-wife, and best reporter Rosalind Russell ("Hildy Johnson") who has decided to marry Ralph Bellamy ("Bruce Baldwin") and start a new life. Anyone who enjoy More

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