His Girl Friday (1940)

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1h 32min | Comedy, Drama, Romance | Jan 18, 1940 | Released

Hildy, the journalist former wife of newspaper editor Walter Burns, visits his office to inform him that she's engaged and will be getting remarried the next day. Walter can't let that happen and frames the fiancé, Bruce Baldwin, for one thing after another, to keep him temporarily held in prison, while trying to steer Hildy into returning to her old job as his employee.

Director: Howard Hawks

Producer: Howard Hawks Jed Harris

Writer(s): Ben Hecht Charles Lederer

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Cast (35 Members)

Bruce Baldwin

Walter Burns

Newspaper Office Worker (uncredited)

Earl Williams

Joe Pettibone

Dr. Eggelhoffer

Murphy

Sanders

McCue

Skinny (uncredited)

Rosalind Russell

Hildy Johnson

Sheriff Hartwell

Endicott

Mayor

Wilson

Louie

Duffy

Mollie Malloy

Mrs. Baldwin

Warden Cooley

Gus (uncredited)

Wheaton Chambers

Elevator Passenger (uncredited)

Bensinger

Cop (uncredited)

Evangeline (uncredited)

Pete Davis (uncredited)

Tim (uncredited)

Mike (uncredited)

Elevator Passenger (uncredited)

Plainclothesman (uncredited)

Frank - Policeman (uncredited)

Gene (uncredited)

Newsman (uncredited)

Harry C. Bradley

Insurance Doctor (uncredited)

Carl - Plainclothesman (uncredited)

Ralph Bellamy Bruce Baldwin

Cary Grant Walter Burns

Ann Doran Newspaper Office Worker (uncredited)

John Qualen Earl Williams

Billy Gilbert Joe Pettibone

Edwin Maxwell Dr. Eggelhoffer

Porter Hall Murphy

Regis Toomey Sanders

Roscoe Karns McCue

Delmar Watson Skinny (uncredited)

Rosalind Russell Hildy Johnson

Gene Lockhart Sheriff Hartwell

Cliff Edwards Endicott

Clarence Kolb Mayor

Frank Jenks Wilson

Abner Biberman Louie

Frank Orth Duffy

Helen Mack Mollie Malloy

Alma Kruger Mrs. Baldwin

Pat West Warden Cooley

Irving Bacon Gus (uncredited)

Wheaton Chambers Elevator Passenger (uncredited)

Ernest Truex Bensinger

Edmund Cobb Cop (uncredited)

Marion Martin Evangeline (uncredited)

Earl Dwire Pete Davis (uncredited)

James Millican Tim (uncredited)

Wade Boteler Mike (uncredited)

Jack Gardner Elevator Passenger (uncredited)

Ralph Dunn Plainclothesman (uncredited)

Pat Flaherty Frank - Policeman (uncredited)

Gene Morgan Gene (uncredited)

Frank McLure Newsman (uncredited)

Harry C. Bradley Insurance Doctor (uncredited)

Eddie Hart Carl - Plainclothesman (uncredited)

Crew (17 Members)

Screenplay

Charles Lederer

Screenplay

Additional Dialogue

Director

Charles MacArthur

Theatre Play

Director of Photography

Music

Editor

Music

Art Direction

Music

Costume Design

Music Director

Producer

Camera Intern

Lodge Cunningham

Sound

Cliff P. Broughton

Assistant Director

Ben Hecht Screenplay

Charles Lederer Screenplay

Morrie Ryskind Additional Dialogue

Howard Hawks Director

Charles MacArthur Theatre Play

Joseph Walker Director of Photography

Sidney Cutner Music

Gene Havlick Editor

Felix Mills Music

Lionel Banks Art Direction

Ben Oakland Music

Robert Kalloch Costume Design

Morris Stoloff Music Director

Jed Harris Producer

Cliff Shirpser Camera Intern

Lodge Cunningham Sound

Cliff P. Broughton Assistant Director

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