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The Front Page
“It's the hottest story since the Chicago fire...and they're sitting on it.”
73%
Movie
1h 45m
AI Analysis
The Front Page (1974) — AI movie analysis
WatchMind AI generated this AI analysis of The Front Page (1974) — a movie tagged as Comedy with funny moods and steady pacing.
Story & themes: 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. Our models also surface themes such as identity, conflict, and relationships from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for date night and casual background watching. Expect steady storytelling (~105 min).
Community signal: TMDb members rate The Front Page 73% (384 votes) — solid community ratings for this movie.
AI verdict
The Front Page is a film worth prioritising when you want something with solid community ratings — our AI analysis flags it as a strong match for its genre and tone profile.
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TMDb audience score
73%
from 384 TMDb votes
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Synopsis
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.
Quick facts
- Type
- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 1974-11-01
- Runtime
- 1h 45m
- TMDB rating
- 7.3
- TMDB ID
- 987
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Is there an official trailer for The Front Page?
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What is The Front Page about?
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.
Is there an AI analysis for The Front Page?
Yes. WatchMind publishes an AI analysis on this page — tone, pacing, audience fit, and community scores from TMDb metadata and recommendation models (not a chatbot). Scroll to the AI Analysis section or read the meta description summary.
How long is the movie The Front Page?
The official runtime for The Front Page is approximately 105 minutes.
Cast & crew
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Directors & writers
Cast
Jack Lemmon
Hildebrand Johnson
Walter Matthau
Walter Burns
Susan Sarandon
Peggy Grant
Vincent Gardenia
Sheriff
David Wayne
Roy Bensinger
Allen Garfield
Kruger
Austin Pendleton
Earl Williams
Charles Durning
Murphy
Herb Edelman
Schwartz
Martin Gabel
Dr. Max J. Eggelhofer
Harold Gould
Mayor
Cliff Osmond
Officer Jacobi
Dick O'Neill
McHugh
- J
Jon Korkes
Rudy Keppler
Carol Burnett
Mollie Malloy
Paul Benedict
Plunkett
Allen Jenkins
Telegrapher
- B
Barbara Davis
Myrtle
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