Director: Howard Hawks
Writers: Ben Hecht, Charles Lederer, Charles MacArthur, Morrie Ryskind
Cinematographer: Joseph Walker
Editor: Gene Havlick
Music: Felix Mills, Sidney Cutner
Release Date: January 18, 1940
Runtime: 1h 31m
Rating: Approved
Tagline: They're at each other's throats when they're not in each other's arms!
Synopsis
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.
Cast
| Cary Grant as Walter | Cliff Edwards as Endicott |
| Rosalind Russell as Hildy | Clarence Kolb as Mayor |
| Ralph Bellamy as Bruce | Roscoe Karns as McCue |
| Gene Lockhart as Sheriff Hartwell | Frank Jenks as Wilson |
| Porter Hall as Murphy | Regis Toomey as Sanders |
| Ernest Truex as Bensinger | Abner Biberman as Louie |
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Filming Dates: September 27, 1939 - November 21, 1939
Filming Locations: Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - Burbank, California; Columbia/Warner Bros. Ranch - Burbank, California
Producers: Howard Hawks
Production: Columbia Pictures
Distribution: Columbia Pictures
Gallery
Clips
A Batter Offer - 3:25
Hildy's Getting Married - 3:29
What's the Story? - 2:54
This is War - 3:26
A Cock-Eyed Liar - 2:27
The Power of the Press - 3:27