Movie

The Front Page

Released: November 1, 1974 (1974)

Runtime: 105 minutes

Genres: Comedy

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.

Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)

Martin Gabel as Dr. Max J. Eggelhofer
Age at release: 62
David Wayne as Roy Bensinger
Age at release: 60
Walter Matthau as Walter Burns
Age at release: 54
Vincent Gardenia as Sheriff
Age at release: 54
Charles Durning as Murphy
Age at release: 51
Jack Lemmon as Hildebrand Johnson
Age at release: 49
Herb Edelman as Schwartz
Age at release: 40
Allen Garfield as Kruger
Age at release: 34
Austin Pendleton as Earl Williams
Age at release: 34
Susan Sarandon as Peggy Grant
Age at release: 28

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Doro Merande as Jennie
Age at release: 82
Allen Jenkins as Telegrapher
Age at release: 74
Leonard Bremen as Butch
Age at release: 58
Lou Frizzell as Endicott
Age at release: 54
Joshua Shelley as Cab Driver
Age at release: 54
Biff Elliot as Police Dispatcher
Age at release: 51
Harold Gould as Mayor
Age at release: 50
Dick O'Neill as McHugh
Age at release: 46
Carol Burnett as Mollie Malloy
Age at release: 41
John Furlong as Duffy
Age at release: 41
Cliff Osmond as Officer Jacobi
Age at release: 37
Paul Benedict as Plunkett
Age at release: 36
Jon Korkes as Rudy Keppler
Age at release: 28
Barbara Davis as Myrtle
Age at release: Unknown