The Front Page

Name: The Front Page
Director: Billy Wilder
Released: 1974
Duration: 105 min
Rating: 7.3
Cast: Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Susan Sarandon, Vincent Gardenia, David Wayne

1974 · 105 MIN · IMDB 7.3 · 15,933 VOTES · DIR. Billy Wilder

Overview

A journalist suffering from burn-out wants to finally say goodbye to his office – but his boss doesn’t like the idea one bit.

Dialogue Timeline — 2,323 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:03:13 Hey, Jacobi!

00:07:13 Pressroom.

00:11:09 You've already been married.

00:15:11 # Take good care of yourself #

00:19:41 About 6'3", huge feet, mean little eyes

00:22:57 Hey, you play poker?

00:26:46 You liars.

00:30:06 to ask them what they think about Aimee Semple McPherson.

00:33:59 Sure, kid.

00:38:27 # Gee, I get that lonesome feeling #

00:42:56 What happened in there, Doc?

00:47:40 That's my Hildy. You see why I love you?

00:51:53 Because you might just as well go ahead and hang yourself.

00:55:30 We go in there, and we go in shooting.

01:01:44 I just happened to be in the neighborhood.

01:05:34 The suspect turned out to be Sister Theresa of lmmaculate Heart.

01:08:56 What're you trying to pull now?

01:12:49 We'll make monkeys out of all the other papers.

01:16:56 Can I mention the Mayor's half interest in that Chinese whorehouse?

01:22:17 Oh, thank you, Mr. Burns. Did you care for the poem?

01:26:00 You what?

01:29:50 Forget it, Moe! We won't need it.

01:33:48 Well, on the day of the trial, he was on his way to court

01:38:00 Plunkett?

Cast & Characters

Jack Lemmon Hildy Johnson Walter Matthau Walter Burns Susan Sarandon Peggy Grant Vincent Gardenia Sheriff David Wayne Bensinger Allen Garfield Kruger Austin Pendleton Earl Williams Charles Durning Murphy Herb Edelman Schwartz Martin Gabel Dr. Eggelhofer

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed2,323

Dialogue density22.1 lines / min

First line00:03:13

Final line01:38:00

Production Record

DirectorBilly Wilder

LanguageEnglish

Budget$4,000,000

IMDb votes15,933