Caption

His Girl Friday

2005

Year:

1940

Director:

Howard Hawks

Seen:

Length:

1 hr(s) 32 min (92 min)

Language:

english

Mediatype:

DVD

Owner:

Magical

Rating:

 (8.0)

MPAA:

Approved

Genres:

Comedy
Drama
Romance

Plot:

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