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His Girl Friday

Classic screwball comedy about a romantic triangle between a star news reporter, her fiance, and her editor - who is also her ex-husband. Starring Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell.

Classic screwball comedy. Newspaper reporter Hildy Johnson is all set to leave her job and move to Albany to marry her staid new fiance Bruce, but not if her boss and ex-husband Walter Burns has anything to do with it. When he puts her on the scene of a jailbreak exclusive, her reporter's instincts kick in and soon Bruce is the last thing on her mind.

1 hour, 32 minutes

Last on

Fri 17 Jun 201113:00

Credits

RoleContributor
Walter BurnsCary Grant
Hildy JohnsonRosalind Russell
Bruce BaldwinRalph Bellamy
Sheriff Peter B. HartwellGene Lockhart
DuffyFrank Orth
Diamond Louie PalutsoAbner Biberman
Earl WilliamsJohn Qualen
Mollie MalloyHelen Mack
DirectorHoward Hawks

Broadcasts

  • Thu 20 Mar 200810:30
  • Fri 4 Sep 200911:00
  • Fri 27 Aug 201012:30
  • Fri 17 Jun 201113:00