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.
ComedyRomanceCrimeprisonjournalistsuicidejournalismbased on play or musicalwagerfugitiveblack and whitescrewball comedycorrupt politiciannewspaper editorinsurance agent
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Character
Comic, relentless, classical in form and meticulous.
- gravecomic
- contemplativerelentless
- classical in formformally daring
- rawmeticulous
- intimateepic
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Cast
- Cary GrantWalter Burns
- Rosalind RussellHildy Johnson
- Ralph BellamyBruce Baldwin
- Gene LockhartSheriff Hartwell
- Porter HallMurphy
- Ernest TruexBensinger
- Cliff EdwardsEndicott
- Clarence KolbMayor
- Roscoe KarnsMcCue
- Frank JenksWilson
Crew
- Howard HawksDirector
- Charles LedererScreenplay
- Ben HechtScreenplay
- Joseph WalkerDirector of Photography
- Sidney CutnerOriginal Music Composer
- Felix MillsOriginal Music Composer
- Gene HavlickEditor
- Howard HawksProducer
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A Close Shave 199671% alikeBoth comic, relentless, classical in form.
A Fish Called Wanda 198870% alikeBoth comic, classical in form.
Arsenic and Old Lace 194470% alikeBoth comic, relentless, classical in form.
The Front Page 197470% alikeBoth comic, classical in form, relentless.
Only Murders in the Building 202161% alikeSeries · Both classical in form; this one is more contemporary.
Our Flag Means Death 202260% alikeSeries · Both comic; this one is more contemplative.
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