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74% Critic Match
His Girl Friday
“They're at each other's throats when they're not in each other's arms!”
7.4 / 10• 1940• 1h 32m•NR• English
ComedyRomanceCrime
Storyline
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 & Crew
Cary Grant
Walter Burns
Lead
Rosalind Russell
Hildy Johnson
Ralph Bellamy
Bruce Baldwin
Gene Lockhart
Sheriff Hartwell
Porter Hall
Murphy
Ernest Truex
Bensinger
Cliff Edwards
Endicott
Clarence Kolb
Mayor
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Howard Hawks's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. His Girl Friday is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
