ComedyRomance

His Girl Friday

- They're at each other's throats when they're not in each other's arms!

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.

Release Date : 1940-01-18

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Columbia Pictures

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Walter Burns

Original Name : Cary Grant

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hildy Johnson

Original Name : Rosalind Russell

Gender : Female

Character Name : Bruce Baldwin

Original Name : Ralph Bellamy

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sheriff Hartwell

Original Name : Gene Lockhart

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mollie Malloy

Original Name : Helen Mack

Gender : Female

Character Name : Murphy

Original Name : Porter Hall

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bensinger

Original Name : Ernest Truex

Gender : Male

Character Name : Endicott

Original Name : Cliff Edwards

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mayor

Original Name : Clarence Kolb

Gender : Male

Character Name : McCue

Original Name : Roscoe Karns

Gender : Male

Character Name : Wilson

Original Name : Frank Jenks

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sanders

Original Name : Regis Toomey

Gender : Male

Character Name : Louie

Original Name : Abner Biberman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Duffy

Original Name : Frank Orth

Gender : Male

Character Name : Earl Williams

Original Name : John Qualen

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mrs. Baldwin

Original Name : Alma Kruger

Gender : Female

Character Name : Joe Pettibone

Original Name : Billy Gilbert

Gender : Male

Character Name : Warden Cooley

Original Name : Pat West

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dr. Egelhoffer

Original Name : Edwin Maxwell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Gus (uncredited)

Original Name : Irving Bacon

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mike (uncredited)

Original Name : Wade Boteler

Gender : Male

Character Name : Insurance Doctor (uncredited)

Original Name : Harry C. Bradley

Gender : Male

Character Name : Elevator Passenger (uncredited)

Original Name : Wheaton Chambers

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cop (uncredited)

Original Name : Edmund Cobb

Gender : Male

Character Name : Newspaper Office Worker (uncredited)

Original Name : Ann Doran

Gender : Female

Character Name : Plainclothesman (uncredited)

Original Name : Ralph Dunn

Gender : Male

Character Name : Pete Davis (uncredited)

Original Name : Earl Dwire

Gender : Male

Character Name : Frank the Policeman (uncredited)

Original Name : Pat Flaherty

Gender : Male

Character Name : Elevator Passenger (uncredited)

Original Name : Jack Gardner

Gender : Male

Character Name : Carl the Plainclothesman (uncredited)

Original Name : Eddie Hart

Gender : Male

Character Name : Evangeline (uncredited)

Original Name : Marion Martin

Gender : Female

Character Name : Newsman (uncredited)

Original Name : Frank McLure

Gender : Male

Character Name : Tim (uncredited)

Original Name : James Millican

Gender : Male

Character Name : Gene (uncredited)

Original Name : Gene Morgan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Skinny (uncredited)

Original Name : Delmar Watson

Gender : Male

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2022-06-23

This is a belter of a film! Essentially just a two hander with Cary Grant ("Walter Burns") as the editor of a newspaper facing the loss of his ex-wife, and best reporter Rosalind Russell ("Hildy Johnson") who has decided to marry Ralph Bellamy ("Bruce Baldwin") and start a new life. Anyone who enjoys the modern day writing of folks like Aaron Sorkin will immediately appreciate the depth and class of the clever, witty writing and the superbly fast paced delivery from both as Grant tries all sorts of manoeuvres to change her mind; frame her new fiancée and stop a man from going to the electric chair with the aide of little else but a few telephones and the odd interjection from some great supporters - Gene Lockhart, Porter Hall, John Qualen and Abner Biberman as his go-to fixer "Louie". Russell is no shrinking violet, either - she has plenty of great one-liners and retorts of her own, and the equality with which they scrap makes this all the more fun. The ending is a touch too inevitable, and maybe just a little too muddled and that robs it of a killer punch; but this is still a cracking romantic comedy.