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The Front Page
Directed by
Billy Wilder
PG
1974
1h 45m
Comedy
,
Romance
,
and more
7.3
57%
74%
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A ruthless editor tries to get his top reporter to cover one more crime story before retirement.
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Cast of The Front Page
Jack Lemmon
Hildebrand Johnson
Walter Matthau
Walter Burns
Susan Sarandon
Peggy Grant
Vincent Gardenia
Sheriff
David Wayne
Roy Bensinger
Allen Garfield
Kruger
Austin Pendleton
Earl Williams
Charles Durning
Murphy
Herb Edelman
Schwartz
Martin Gabel
Dr. Max J. Eggelhofer
Harold Gould
Mayor
Cliff Osmond
Officer Jacobi
Dick O'Neill
McHugh
Jon Korkes
Rudy Keppler
Carol Burnett
Mollie Malloy
Paul Benedict
Plunkett
Allen Jenkins
Telegrapher
Barbara Davis
Myrtle
Biff Elliot
Police Dispatcher
Lou Frizzell
Endicott
Doro Merande
Jennie
Noam Pitlik
Wilson
Joshua Shelley
Cab Driver
John Furlong
Duffy
Leonard Bremen
Butch
The Front Page Ratings & Reviews
Video-Reviewmaster.com
Steve Crum
Funny retelling with Lemmon and Matthau guided by Billy Wilder.
New York Times
Vincent Canby
Even though the mechanics and demands of movie-making slow what should be the furious tempo, this Front Page displays a giddy bitterness that is rare in any films except those of Mr. Wilder. It is also, much of the time, extremely funny.
tonymedley.com
Tony Medley
not up to the original
Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
Dennis Schwartz
Too much of it seemed stretched thin and unfunny.
EmanuelLevy.Com
Emanuel Levy
This third version of the 1928 smash play is only mildly entertaining; Billy Wilder has no new take on the text and his stars may be too old.
Film Frenzy
Matt Brunson
Carol Burnett is terrible, but everyone else delivers the goods, from Austin Pendleton as the sweet and slightly befuddled convict to Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau playing to their usual strengths.
Vogue
Rosalyn Drexler
It must have seemed like a good idea at the time.
Christian Science Monitor
David Sterritt
True, there's some verbal crudity that's a disservice to everyone, especially the audience. But watching Lemmon and Matthau match wits can make up for a lot.
Battleship Pretension
Scott Nye
Little to recommend it going in, and even less coming out; not only is it a far lesser comedy than His Girl Friday, it doesn't have an ounce of that film's moral and emotional clarity.
Newsweek
Paul D. Zimmerman
Sadly, the movie strongly suggests that Wilder is out of touch with the temper of the times.
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Richard Schickel
Obviousness pervades everything Wilder and Diamond have done with the film.
Epoch Times
Ian Kane
If anything else, simply watch it to witness the incredible chemistry between Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon, two outstanding actors who are at the top of their game.
Reel Film Reviews
David Nusair
...a progressively tiresome endeavor...
The New Yorker
Pauline Kael
If one didn't know the play or the previous film versions, one could never guess from the new production that it is based on a classic American play.
TV Guide
This slick remake of the ebullient original falls short of being the film it could have been, despite the presence of master filmmaker Wilder and his engaging costars.
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