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The Front Page
UNITED STATES · 1974

The Front Page

Billy Wilder
journalism workplace manipulation career ambition crime reporting romantic workplace tension
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Synopsis

Ruthless Chicago newspaper editor Walter Burns resorts to dubious motives in order to get top reporter Hildy Johnson to cover one more big crime story before retirement.

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