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!

00:07:21 That dumb son-of-a-bitch bastard!

00:11:23 When she was sick in the hospital and nearly died

00:16:39 Oh, if you're a booking agent, don't bother.

00:20:18 because the next time I see you

00:23:43 You gonna pay a call on your boyfriend?

00:27:44 Nobody moves to Philadelphia for Christ's sake! Say it isn't so, Hildy.

00:31:08 The state's attorney wouldn't like it

00:35:51 and hit my knees with a hammer?

00:40:09 Those guys couldn't hit anything.

00:44:33 You saw it?

00:49:56 ... not even their wives.

00:53:44 But why not?

00:59:28 Hello. Yeah, Duffy. This is Hildy. Get me Walter.

01:04:01 Gee, Mollie, you're swell.

01:07:40 Maybe he climbed back into his cell and is hiding under his bed.

01:11:15 Mollie!

01:15:28 Hold it.

01:20:44 Uh, right in there.

01:25:11 All right, you've had a nice rest.

01:28:53 By God! I'll find him

01:33:17 What's the charge?

01:37:35 Maybe I can fix it for you to work on a prison paper as copyboys.

100:00:00 colored votes

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 line100:00:00

Production Record

DirectorBilly Wilder

LanguageEnglish

Budget$4,000,000

IMDb votes15,933