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His Girl Friday (1940)  link to His Girl Friday on IMDb  

Number: 288

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IMDb Rating:
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8.0/10 (44.5K votes)

Also known as: Howard Hawks' His Girl Friday (complete title)

Country: United States, 92 minutes

Spoken languages: English, French

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Director(s): Howard Hawks

Storyline:
Having been away for four months, Hildy Johnson walks into the offices of the New York City based The Morning Post, where she is a star reporter, to tell her boss, editor Walter Burns, that she is quitting. The reason for her absence was among other things to get a Reno divorce, from, of all people, Walter, who admits he was a bad husband. Hildy divorced Walter largely because she wanted more of a home life, whereas Walter saw her more as a driven hard-boiled reporter than subservient homemaker. Hildy has also come to tell Walter that she is taking the afternoon train to Albany, where she will be getting married tomorrow to staid straight-laced insurance agent, Bruce Baldwin, with whose mother they will live, at least for the first year. Walter doesn't want to lose Hildy, either as a reporter or a wife, and if he does, doesn't believe Bruce is worthy of her. Walter does whatever he can at least to delay Hildy and Bruce's trip, long enough to persuade Hildy to stay for good. His plan ...

Cast:

Cary Grant Walter Burns
Rosalind Russell Hildy Johnson
Ralph Bellamy Bruce Baldwin
Gene Lockhart Sheriff Hartwell
Porter Hall Murphy

Medium: DVD R/RW, Dolby Digital 5.1 - English

Location: Large Folder Page 3

Loaned: No

Aspect ratio: 4:3