Movie1931 · Released · 101 min
The film, considered a screwball comedy, centers on a reporter, Hildebrand 'Hildy' Johnson (Pat O'Brien) and his editor (Adolphe Menjou), who hope to cash in on a big story involving an escaped accused murderer, Earl Williams (Stone) and hide him in a rolltop desk while everybody else tries to find him.
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Adolphe Menjou
Walter Burns
Pat O'Brien
Hildy Johnson
Mary Brian
Peggy Grant
Edward Everett Horton
Bensinger
Walter Catlett
Murphy
George E. Stone
Earl Williams
Mae Clarke
Molly
Slim Summerville
Pincus
Matt Moore
Kruger
Frank McHugh
McCue
Clarence Wilson
Sheriff Hartman
Fred Howard
Schwartz
Phil Tead
Wilson
Eugene Strong
Endicott
Spencer Charters
Woodenshoes
Maurice Black
Diamond Louie
Effie Ellsler
Mrs. Grant
Dorothea Wolbert
Jenny
James Gordon
The Mayor
Richard Alexander
Jacobi (uncredited)
James Donlan
Reporter (uncredited)
Dot Farley
Madame (uncredited)
Francis Ford
Carl - Detective (uncredited)
Sol Gorss
Policeman (uncredited)
Max Hoffman Jr.
Searcher at Speakeasy Door (uncredited)
George Magrill
Policeman (uncredited)
Herman J. Mankiewicz
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Lewis Milestone
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Gustav von Seyffertitz
Professor Max J. Egelhoffer (uncredited)
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