His Girl Friday

Also Known As: Howard Hawks' His Girl Friday

Company: Columbia Pictures Corporation

Aspect Ratio: 1.37 : 1

Plot: Walter Burns, editor of a major Chicago newspaper, is about to lose his ace reporter and former wife, Hildy Johnson, to insurance salesman Bruce Baldwin, but not without a fight! The crafty editor uses every trick in his fedora to get Hildy to write one last big story, about murderer Earl Williams and the inept Sheriff Hartwell. The comedy snowballs as William's friend, Molly Malloy, the crooked Mayor, and Bruce's mother all get tied up in Walter's web.

Cast and Character: Cary Grant as Walter Burns / Rosalind Russell as Hildy Johnson / Ralph Bellamy as Bruce Baldwin / Gene Lockhart as Sheriff Peter B. Hartwell / Porter Hall as Murphy / Ernest Truex as Roy B. Bensinger / Cliff Edwards as Endicott / Clarence Kolb as Fred - Mayor / Roscoe Karns as McCue / Frank Jenks as Wilson / Regis Toomey as Sanders / Abner Biberman as Louie / Frank Orth as Duffy / John Qualen as Earl Williams / Helen Mack as Mollie Malloy

Creators: n/A

Description: A newspaper editor uses every trick in the book to keep his ace reporter ex-wife from remarrying.

Directors: Howard Hawks

Genres: Comedy / Drama / Romance

Location: Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA

MPAA: Approved

Opening Weekend: n/A

Poster: posters/0032599.jpg

Rating: 8.0

Release Date: 18 January 1940 (USA)

Runtime: 92 min

Seasons: n/A

Sound Mix: Mono

Tagline: She learned about men from him!

Title: His Girl Friday

Trailer:

Url: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032599/

Votes: 31,128

Writers: Charles Lederer / Ben Hecht

Year: 1940

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His Girl Friday got rated 8.0.

About the movie: Walter Burns, editor of a major Chicago newspaper, is about to lose his ace reporter and former wife, Hildy Johnson, to insurance salesman Bruce Baldwin, but not without a fight! The crafty editor uses every trick in his fedora to get Hildy to write one last big story, about murderer Earl Williams and the inept Sheriff Hartwell. The comedy snowballs as William's friend, Molly Malloy, the crooked Mayor, and Bruce's mother all get tied up in Walter's web.

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