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It's the hottest story since the Chicago fire...and they're sitting on it.
1974 | 105m | English
Popularity: 2 (history)
| Director: | Billy Wilder |
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| Writer: | Billy Wilder, I. A. L. Diamond |
| Staring: |
| A journalist suffering from burn-out wants to finally say goodbye to his office – but his boss doesn’t like the idea one bit. | |
| Release Date: | Nov 01, 1974 |
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| Director: | Billy Wilder |
| Writer: | Billy Wilder, I. A. L. Diamond |
| Genres: | Comedy |
| Keywords | chicago, illinois, journalist, newspaper, marriage proposal, stress, father-in-law, newspaper man |
| Production Companies | Universal Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $4,000,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Billy Wilder | Director, Screenplay |
| Ben Hecht | Theatre Play |
| I. A. L. Diamond | Screenplay |
| Jordan Cronenweth | Director of Photography |
| Ralph E. Winters | Editor |
| Henry Bumstead | Art Direction |
| Robert L. Hoyt | Sound Designer |
| Charles MacArthur | Theatre Play |
| Robert Martin | Sound Designer |
| James W. Payne | Set Decoration |
| Burton Miller | Costume Design |
| Tommy J. Huff | Stunts |
| Ronnie Rondell Jr. | Stunts |
| Richard Washington | Stunts |
| Fred Waugh | Stunts |
| Jesse Wayne | Stunt Double |
| Wally Rose | Stunts |
| Paul Nuckles | Stunts |
| John Quijada | Stunts |
| Jerry Summers | Stunts |
| Marvin Walters | Stunts |
| Bobby Ferro | Stunts |
| Fred Dale | Stunts |
| Howard Curtis | Stunts |
| Roger Creed | Stunts |
| Max Balchowsky | Stunts |
| Gary McLarty | Stunts |
| Carey Loftin | Stunt Coordinator |
| Eddie Hice | Stunts |
| Bud Ekins | Stunts |
| Louie Elias | Stunts |
| Tom Steele | Stunts |
| Richard Farnsworth | Stunts |
| Gary Davis | Stunts |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Paul Monash | Producer |
| Jennings Lang | Executive Producer |
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| 2024 | 4 | 15 | 22 | 11 |
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| 2025 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
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