His Girl Friday (1940)

7.4/10 92 min Comedy Romance Drama

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.

Cast

Cary Grant

Walter Burns

Rosalind Russell

Hildy Johnson

Ralph Bellamy

Bruce Baldwin

Gene Lockhart

Sheriff Hartwell

Porter Hall

Murphy

Ernest Truex

Bensinger

Cliff Edwards

Endicott

Clarence Kolb

Mayor

Roscoe Karns

McCue

Frank Jenks

Wilson

Regis Toomey

Sanders

Abner Biberman

Louie

Frank Orth

Duffy

John Qualen

Earl Williams

Helen Mack

Mollie Malloy

Alma Kruger

Mrs. Baldwin

Billy Gilbert

Joe Pettibone

Pat West

Warden Cooley

Edwin Maxwell

Dr. Egelhoffer

Irving Bacon

Gus (uncredited)

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