The Front Page

1931 101 min NR Comedy · Crime · Drama · Romance

A Picture That Has Cracked This Shock-Proof Town Wide Open!

Here's a film that thinks it's about the newspaper business. A Chicago reporter on the verge of quitting gets caught up in one last story involving an escaped convict. It competently delivers what it promises, provided you don't mind a little shouting.

Directed by Lewis Milestone · Written by Ben Hecht, Charles MacArthur

Starring Adolphe Menjou, Pat O'Brien, Mary Brian, Edward Everett Horton, Walter Catlett, George E. Stone

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