Ruthless Chicago newspaper editor Walter Burns resorts to dubious motives in order to get top reporter Hildy Johnson to cover one more big crime story before retirement.
Jack Lemmon
Hildebrand Johnson
Walter Matthau
Walter Burns
Susan Sarandon
Peggy Grant
Vincent Gardenia
Sheriff
David Wayne
Roy Bensinger
Allen Garfield
Kruger
Austin Pendleton
Earl Williams
Charles Durning
Murphy
Herb Edelman
Schwartz
Martin Gabel
Dr. Max J. Eggelhofer
Harold Gould
Mayor
Cliff Osmond
Officer Jacobi
Dick O'Neill
McHugh
Jon Korkes
Rudy Keppler
Carol Burnett
Mollie Malloy
Paul Benedict
Plunkett
Allen Jenkins
Telegrapher
Barbara Davis
Myrtle
Biff Elliot
Police Dispatcher
Lou Frizzell
Endicott
Doro Merande
Jennie
Noam Pitlik
Wilson
Joshua Shelley
Cab Driver
John Furlong
Duffy
Leonard Bremen
Butch
Billy Wilder
Director
Ben Hecht
Theatre Play
Charles MacArthur
Screenplay
I. A. L. Diamond
Paul Monash
Producer
Jennings Lang
Executive Producer
Jordan Cronenweth
Director of Photography
Ralph E. Winters
Editor
Henry Bumstead
Art Direction
James W. Payne
Set Decoration
Burton Miller
Costume Design
Robert Martin
Sound Designer
Robert L. Hoyt
Gary McLarty
Stunts
Carey Loftin
Stunt Coordinator
Eddie Hice
Tommy J. Huff
Ronnie Rondell Jr.
Richard Washington
Fred Waugh
Bud Ekins
Jesse Wayne
Stunt Double
Wally Rose
Louie Elias
Paul Nuckles
Tom Steele
John Quijada
Jerry Summers
Marvin Walters
Bobby Ferro
Richard Farnsworth
Gary Davis
Fred Dale
Howard Curtis
Roger Creed
Max Balchowsky