Movie

His Girl Friday

Released: January 18, 1940 (1940)

Runtime: 92 minutes

Genres: Comedy, Romance

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.

Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)

Clarence Kolb as Mayor
Age at release: 65
Porter Hall as Murphy
Age at release: 51
Ernest Truex as Bensinger
Age at release: 50
Gene Lockhart as Sheriff Hartwell
Age at release: 48
Roscoe Karns as McCue
Age at release: 48
Cliff Edwards as Endicott
Age at release: 44
Frank Jenks as Wilson
Age at release: 37
Cary Grant as Walter Burns
Age at release: 36
Ralph Bellamy as Bruce Baldwin
Age at release: 35
Rosalind Russell as Hildy Johnson
Age at release: 32

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Harry C. Bradley as Insurance Doctor (uncredited)
Age at release: 70
Alma Kruger as Mrs. Baldwin
Age at release: 68
Frank Orth as Duffy
Age at release: 59
Earl Dwire as Pete Davis (uncredited)
Age at release: 56
Edwin Maxwell as Dr. Egelhoffer
Age at release: 53
Wheaton Chambers as Elevator Passenger (uncredited)
Age at release: 52
Pat West as Warden Cooley
Age at release: 51
Wade Boteler as Mike (uncredited)
Age at release: 51
Eddie Hart as Carl the Plainclothesman (uncredited)
Age at release: 49
Edmund Cobb as Cop (uncredited)
Age at release: 47
Irving Bacon as Gus (uncredited)
Age at release: 46
Billy Gilbert as Joe Pettibone
Age at release: 45
Pat Flaherty as Frank the Policeman (uncredited)
Age at release: 42
Regis Toomey as Sanders
Age at release: 41
John Qualen as Earl Williams
Age at release: 40
Ralph Dunn as Plainclothesman (uncredited)
Age at release: 39
Jack Gardner as Elevator Passenger (uncredited)
Age at release: 37
Abner Biberman as Louie
Age at release: 30
Ann Doran as Newspaper Office Worker (uncredited)
Age at release: 28
Helen Mack as Mollie Malloy
Age at release: 26