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His Girl Friday

They're at each other's throats when they're not in each other's arms!

  • Movie
  • 1940
  • NR
  • 1h 32m

Directed by Howard Hawks

7.4

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7.4 out of 10 from 994 votes

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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 resist a juicy scoop.

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Cast and crew

  • Cary Grant

    Cary GrantWalter Burns

  • Rosalind Russell

    Rosalind RussellHildy Johnson

  • Ralph Bellamy

    Ralph BellamyBruce Baldwin

  • Gene Lockhart

    Gene LockhartSheriff Hartwell

  • Porter Hall

    Porter HallMurphy

  • Ernest Truex

    Ernest TruexBensinger

  • Cliff Edwards

    Cliff EdwardsEndicott

  • Clarence Kolb

    Clarence KolbMayor

  • Roscoe Karns

    Roscoe KarnsMcCue

  • Frank Jenks

    Frank JenksWilson

  • Regis Toomey

    Regis ToomeySanders

  • Abner Biberman

    Abner BibermanLouie

  • Frank Orth

    Frank OrthDuffy

  • John Qualen

    John QualenEarl Williams

  • Helen Mack

    Helen MackMollie Malloy

  • Alma Kruger

    Alma KrugerMrs. Baldwin

  • Billy Gilbert

    Billy GilbertJoe Pettibone

  • Pat West

    Pat WestWarden Cooley

Director
Howard Hawks
Writer
Charles Lederer, Ben Hecht and Howard Hawks
Music
Sidney Cutner and Felix Mills
Cinematography
Joseph Walker