His Girl Friday

1940 • 1h 32m •

Comedy Romance Crime

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★ 7.4/10

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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.

"They're at each other's throats when they're not in each other's arms!"

Top Billed Cast

Cary Grant

Walter Burns

Rosalind Russell

Hildy Johnson

Ralph Bellamy

Bruce Baldwin

Gene Lockhart

Sheriff Hartwell

Porter Hall

Murphy

Ernest Truex

Bensinger

Cliff Edwards

Endicott

Clarence Kolb

Mayor

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C CinemaSerf Verified TMDB Critic

2022-06-23

This is a belter of a film! Essentially just a two hander with Cary Grant ("Walter Burns") as the editor of a newspaper facing the loss of his ex-wife, and best reporter Rosalind Russell ("Hildy Johnson") who has decided to marry Ralph Bellamy ("Bruce Baldwin") and start a new life. Anyone who enjoys the modern day writing of folks like Aaron Sorkin will immediately appreciate the depth and class of the clever, witty writing and the superbly fast paced delivery from both as Grant tries all sorts of manoeuvres to change her mind; frame her new fiancée and stop a man from going to the electric ...