His Girl Friday

His Girl Friday is a 1940 American screwball comedy film directed by Howard Hawks, starring Rosalind Russell and Cary Grant. The screenplay was adapted from the play The Front Page by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur.

Plot
When hard-charging New York newspaper editor Walter Burns (Cary Grant) discovers that his ex-wife, investigative reporter Hildy Johnson (Rosalind Russell), has gotten engaged to milquetoast insurance agent Bruce Baldwin (Ralph Bellamy), he unsuccessfully tries to lure her away from tame domestic life with a story about the impending execution of convicted murderer Earl Williams. But when Hildy discovers Williams may be innocent, her reporter instincts take over.

Cast

 * Cary Grant as Walter Burns
 * Rosalind Russell as Hildy Johnson
 * Ralph Bellamy as Bruce Baldwin
 * Gene Lockhart as Sheriff Hartwell
 * Porter Hall as Murphy
 * Ernest Truex as Bensinger
 * Cliff Edwards as Endicott
 * Clarence Kolb as the Mayor
 * Roscoe Karns as McCue
 * Frank Jenks as Wilson
 * Regis Toomey as Sanders
 * Abner Biberman as Louie
 * Frank Orth as Duffy
 * John Qualen as Earl Williams
 * Helen Mack as Mollie Malloy
 * Alma Kruger as Mrs. Baldwin
 * Billy Gilbert as Joe Pettibone
 * Pat West as Warden Cooley
 * Edwin Maxwell as Dr. Eggelhoffer
 * Marion Martin as Evangeline (uncredited)