Top billed cast

1. 

   Adolphe Menjou

   Walter Burns

2. 

   Pat O'Brien

   Hildy Johnson

3. 

   Mary Brian

   Peggy Grant

4. 

   Edward Everett Horton

   Bensinger

5. 

   Walter Catlett

   Murphy

6. 

   George E. Stone

   Earl Williams

7. 

   Mae Clarke

   Molly

8. 

   Slim Summerville

   Pincus

9. 

   Matt Moore

   Kruger

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2024-02-10

Newspaper man "Hildy" (Pat O'Brien) is heading to New York with his fiancée "Peggy" (Mary Brian) to take a better paid job in the advertising world. His editor "Burns" (Adolphe Menjou) has one last story for him to cover and has to play quite a clever game to ensure that his best reporter takes on the story. It's all about convicted killer "Earle Williams" (George E. Stone) who manages to escape from death row. "Hildy" spends his honeymoon fund to tap up an insider and to track down the man - only to conclude that maybe he didn't actually commit the crime for which he is to hang, after all. H...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• newspaper
• escaped convict
• reporter
• screwball comedy
• newspaper editor
• pre-code
• editor
• press room
• rolltop desk