Director: Billy Wilder

Writers: Billy Wilder; I. A. L. Diamond

From a play: The Front Page by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur

Music Adaptation: Billy May

Producer: Paul Monash

Keywords: Comedy

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Paul Benedict	Actor	17-Dec-1938	1-Dec-2008	Harry Bentley on The Jeffersons
Carol Burnett	Actor	26-Apr-1933		The Carol Burnett Show
Charles Durning	Actor	28-Feb-1923	24-Dec-2012	The Muppet Movie
Herb Edelman	Actor	5-Nov-1933	21-Jul-1996	Stan Zbornak on The Golden Girls
Martin Gabel	Actor	19-Jun-1912	22-May-1986	The First Deadly Sin
Vincent Gardenia	Actor	7-Jan-1922	9-Dec-1992	Cher's father in Moonstruck
Allen Garfield	Actor	22-Nov-1939		Cry Uncle!
Harold Gould	Actor	10-Dec-1923	11-Sep-2010	Martin Morganstern on Rhoda
Allen Jenkins	Actor	9-Apr-1900	20-Jul-1974	American character actor
Jack Lemmon	Actor	8-Feb-1925	27-Jun-2001	The Odd Couple
Walter Matthau	Actor	1-Oct-1920	1-Jul-2000	Messy half of the Odd Couple
Dick O'Neill	Actor	29-Aug-1928	17-Nov-1998	Charlie Cagney on Cagney and Lacey
Austin Pendleton	Actor	27-Mar-1940		William Giles on Oz
Susan Sarandon	Actor	4-Oct-1946		Louise in Thelma and Louise
David Wayne	Actor	30-Jan-1914	9-Feb-1995	The Andromeda Strain

CAST

Jack Lemmon	...   Hildy Johnson
Walter Matthau	...   Walter Burns
Co-Starring
Susan Sarandon	...   Peggy Grant
Vincent Gardenia	...   Sheriff
David Wayne	...   Bensinger
Allen Garfield	...   Kruger
Austin Pendleton	...   Earl Williams
Charles Durning	...   Murphy
Herb Edelman	...   Schwartz
Martin Gabel	...   Dr. Eggelhofer
Harold Gould	...   The Mayor
Cliff Osmond	...   Jacobi
Dick O'Neill	...   McHugh
Jon Korkes	...   Rudy Keppler
Lou Frizzell	...   Endicott
Paul Benedict	...   Plunkett
Doro Merande	...   Jennie
Noam Pitlik	...   Wilson
Joshua Shelley	...   Cab Driver
Allen Jenkins	...   Telegrapher
and
Carol Burnett	...   Mollie Malloy
John Furlong	...   Duffy
Biff Elliot	...   Police Dispatcher
Barbara Davis	...   Myrtle
Leonard Bremen	...   Butch

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