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A crusading newspaper editor tricks his retiring star reporter into covering one last case.
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Walter Burns
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Hildy Johnson
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Peggy Grant
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Bensinger
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Murphy (as Walter L. Catlett)
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Earl Williams
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Molly
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Pincus
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Kruger
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McCue
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Sheriff Hartman (as Clarence H. Wilson)
Fred Howard ...
Schwartz (as Freddie Howard)
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Wilson
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Endicott (as Gene Strong)
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Woodenshoes
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Diamond Louie
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Mrs. Grant
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Jenny
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The Mayor
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Jacobi (uncredited)
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Reporter (uncredited)
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Madame (uncredited)
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Carl - a Detective (uncredited)
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Policeman (uncredited)
Max Hoffman Jr. ...
Searcher at Speakeasy Door (uncredited)
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Policeman (uncredited)
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Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
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Professor Max J. Egelhoffer (uncredited)

Directed by

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Lewis Milestone

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Ben Hecht ... (by) and
Charles MacArthur ... (by)
 
Bartlett Cormack ... (adaptation by)
 
Charles Lederer ... (additional dialogue by)

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Howard Hughes ... producer (uncredited)
Lewis Milestone ... producer (uncredited)

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Glen MacWilliams ... (photography)
Tony Gaudio ... (uncredited)
Hal Mohr ... (uncredited)

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Duncan Mansfield ... film editor (as W. Duncan Mansfield)

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Charles Stallings ... production manager

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Nate Watt ... assistant director

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Richard Day ... settings

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Frank Grenzback ... sound engineer (as Frank Grenzbach)

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Jed Harris ... from the play produced by
Howard Hughes ... presenter
George Gerhard ... press representative (uncredited)
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Plot Summary

Hildy Johnson, newspaper reporter, is engaged to Peggy Grant and planning to move to New York for a higher paying advertising job. The court press room is full of lame reporters who invent stories as much as write them. All are waiting to cover the hanging of Earl Williams. When Williams escapes from the inept Sheriff, Hildy seizes the opportunity by using his $260 honeymoon money to payoff an insider and get the scoop on the escape. However, Walter Burns, the Post's editor, is slow to repay Hildy back, hoping that he will stay on the story. Getting a major scoop looks possible when Hildy stumbles onto the bewildered escapee and hides him in a roll-top desk in the press room. Burns shows up to help. Can they keep Williams' whereabouts secret long enough to get the scoop, especially with the Sheriff and other reporters hovering around? Written by Gary Jackson

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Taglines A Picture That Has Cracked This Shock-Proof Town Wide Open! (Print Ad- Albany Evening News, ((Albany NY)) 8 June 1931) See more »
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Also Known As
  • Spéciale première (France)
  • Un gran reportaje (Spain)
  • Primera plana (Spain, Catalan title)
  • Etusivu uusiksi (Finland)
  • Strona tytułowa (Poland)
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  • 101 min
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Trivia The last line of the stage play had to be partly obliterated in the film version by the sound of a typewriter being accidentally struck because the censors --even of that day--wouldn't allow the phrase "son-of-a-bitch" to be used in a movie. See more »
Goofs At approximately 69 minutes, Hildy types furiously at a typewriter, however, with his right hand he only uses his index finger and pushes the same key over and over again. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Ready When You Are... (1991). See more »
Soundtracks By the Light of the Silvery Moon See more »
Crazy Credits The end credits consist of Walter and Hildy above a big 'THE END,' covering a large question mark, while the sound of the train is heard and music plays. There is also laughter, presumably coming from Walter Burns. See more »
Quotes Irving Pincus: Can we help it if the people rise to support this administration's stand against the Red menace!
Sheriff Hartman: Personified by Mr. Earl Williams. The guy who loses his job he's held for 14 years, joins a parade of unemployed, and, because he's goofy from lack of food, waves a red handkerchief.
Irving Pincus: Williams is a dangerous radical! And he killed a policeman.
Jimmy Murphy: Williams is a poor bird who had the tough luck to kill a colored policeman in a town where the colored vote counts!
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