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The Front Page

Summary: A crusading newspaper editor tricks his retiring star reporter into covering one last case.

Release Date: April 04, 1931

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Crime

Director: Lewis Milestone

Writers: Ben Hecht

, Charles MacArthur

, Bartlett Cormack

Runtime: 1 h 41 min

MPAA: Approved

Production: The Caddo Company

Distributor: United Artists, Atlantic Pictures Corporation, Reel Media International, Film Detective, Kino Lorber Studio Classics, Penteo Films S.L., The Criterion Collection, The Criterion Channel

Country: United States

Language: English

Domestic: $ 1,526,000

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