His Girl Friday

7.396

92 minutes

1/18/1940

Overview

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.

Cast List

Rosalind Russell
as Hildy Johnson
Cary Grant
as Walter Burns
Ralph Bellamy
as Bruce Baldwin
Gene Lockhart
as Sheriff Hartwell
Clarence Kolb
as Mayor
John Qualen
as Earl Williams
Helen Mack
as Mollie Malloy
Billy Gilbert
as Joe Pettibone
Porter Hall
as Murphy
Ernest Truex
as Bensinger
Cliff Edwards
as Endicott
Roscoe Karns
as McCue
Frank Jenks
as Wilson
Regis Toomey
as Sanders
Abner Biberman
as Louie
Frank Orth
as Duffy
Alma Kruger
as Mrs. Baldwin
Pat West
as Warden Cooley
Edwin Maxwell
as Dr. Egelhoffer
Irving Bacon
as Gus (uncredited)
Wade Boteler
as Mike (uncredited)
Harry C. Bradley
as Insurance Doctor (uncredited)
Wheaton Chambers
as Elevator Passenger (uncredited)
Edmund Cobb
as Cop (uncredited)
Ann Doran
as Newspaper Office Worker (uncredited)
Ralph Dunn
as Plainclothesman (uncredited)
Earl Dwire
as Pete Davis (uncredited)
Pat Flaherty
as Frank the Policeman (uncredited)
Jack Gardner
as Elevator Passenger (uncredited)
Eddie Hart
as Carl the Plainclothesman (uncredited)
Marion Martin
as Evangeline (uncredited)
Frank McLure
as Newsman (uncredited)
James Millican
as Tim (uncredited)
Gene Morgan
as Gene (uncredited)
Delmar Watson
as Skinny (uncredited)