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7.4/10 • 879

1940-01-181h 32m

ComedyRomance

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

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.

Directors
Howard Hawks
Editors
Gene Havlick

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  1. Rosalind Russell

    Rosalind Russell

    Hildy Johnson

  2. Cary Grant

    Cary Grant

    Walter Burns

  3. Ralph Bellamy

    Ralph Bellamy

    Bruce Baldwin

  4. Gene Lockhart

    Gene Lockhart

    Sheriff Hartwell

  5. Clarence Kolb

    Clarence Kolb

    Mayor

  6. John Qualen

    John Qualen

    Earl Williams

  7. Helen Mack

    Helen Mack

    Mollie Malloy

  8. Billy Gilbert

    Billy Gilbert

    Joe Pettibone

  9. Porter Hall

    Porter Hall

    Murphy

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CinemaSerf

Jun 23, 2022

7/10

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 enjoys the modern day writing of folks like Aaron Sorkin will immediately appreciate the depth and class of the clever, witty writing and the superbly fast paced delivery from both as Grant tries all sorts of manoeuvres to change her mind; frame her new fiancée and stop a man from going to the electric chair with the aide of little else but a few telephones and the odd interjection from some great supporters - Gene Lockhart, Porter Hall, John Qualen and Abner Biberman as his go-to fixer "Louie". Russell is no shrinking violet, either - she has plenty of great one-liners and retorts of her own, and the equality with which they scrap makes this all the more fun. The ending is a touch too inevitable, and maybe just a little too muddled and that robs it of a killer punch; but this is still a cracking romantic comedy.

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Status
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Original Language
English
Budget
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Keywords
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