Directed by:
Billy WilderCinematography:
Jordan CronenwethCast:
Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Susan Sarandon, Vincent Gardenia, David Wayne, Allen Garfield, Austin Pendleton, Charles Durning, Herb Edelman, Martin Gabel (more)Plots(1)
The ruthless managing editor of a Chicago newspaper angrily learns his ace reporter plans to leave the paper to get married. While he trains a replacement, all hell breaks loose and a convicted killer escapes from right under the nose of a bumbling sheriff. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
![Jack Lemmon](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/219/165219959_48453f.jpg)
Jack Lemmon
USA
Best movies:
Some Like It Hot (1959)
JFK (1991)
The Apartment (1960)
![Walter Matthau](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/482/162482260_cafc48.jpg)
Walter Matthau
USA
Best movies:
Fail-Safe (1964)
JFK (1991)
Barbra: The Concert (1994) (concert)
![Susan Sarandon](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/414/162414864_1fa666.jpg)
Susan Sarandon
USA
Best movies:
Thelma & Louise (1991)
The Front Page (1974)
Dead Man Walking (1995)
![Vincent Gardenia](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/281/281144_d465e1.jpg)
Vincent Gardenia
Italy
Best movies:
The Front Page (1974)
The Big Racket (1976)
The Hustler (1961)
![David Wayne](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/046/576/46576471_b39506.jpg)
David Wayne
USA
Best movies:
The Gift of Love (1978) (TV movie)
The Three Faces of Eve (1957)
The Front Page (1974)
![Allen Garfield](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272927_ce7a7e.jpg)
Allen Garfield
USA
Best movies:
The Front Page (1974)
Taking Off (1971)
The Conversation (1974)
![Austin Pendleton](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272655_4e7b73.jpg)
Austin Pendleton
USA
Best movies:
A Beautiful Mind (2001)
Finding Nemo (2003)
The Front Page (1974)
![Charles Durning](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270517_795002.jpg)
Charles Durning
USA
Best movies:
The Sting (1973)
Tootsie (1982)
The Front Page (1974)
![Herb Edelman](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/072/312/72312412_e8b9ff.jpg)
Herb Edelman
USA
Best movies:
Barefoot in the Park (1967)
The Front Page (1974)
The Way We Were (1973)
Martin Gabel
USA
Best movies:
The Front Page (1974)
Marnie (1964)
Deadline - U.S.A. (1952)
![Harold Gould](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/273/273586_f137f0.jpg)
Harold Gould
USA
Best movies:
The Sting (1973)
Love and Death (1975)
The Lawyer (1970)
![Cliff Osmond](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/426/158426649_4d2801.jpg)
Cliff Osmond
USA
Best movies:
The Front Page (1974)
Irma la Douce (1963)
The Fortune Cookie (1966)
![Dick O'Neill](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/112/158112048_6897f5.gif)
Dick O'Neill
USA
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
The Front Page (1974)
Prizzi's Honor (1985)
![Jon Korkes](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/542/162542892_af5d2c.jpg)
Jon Korkes
Best movies:
The Front Page (1974)
Catch-22 (1970)
The Out of Towners (1970)
Lou Frizzell
USA
Best movies:
The Front Page (1974)
Roots: The Next Generations (1979) (series)
Duel (1971) (TV movie)
![Paul Benedict](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/049/262/49262633_225c04.jpg)
Paul Benedict
USA
Best movies:
The Devil's Advocate (1997)
Jeremiah Johnson (1972)
The Front Page (1974)
Doro Merande
USA
Best movies:
The Front Page (1974)
The Man with the Golden Arm (1955)
The Seven Year Itch (1955)
Noam Pitlik
USA
Best movies:
The Graduate (1967)
The Front Page (1974)
A Child Is Waiting (1963)
Joshua Shelley
USA
Best movies:
All the President's Men (1976)
The Front Page (1974)
The Front (1976)
![Allen Jenkins](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/886/157886408_bd92bf.jpg)
Allen Jenkins
USA
Best movies:
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
The Front Page (1974)
Ball of Fire (1941)