Un gran reportaje (1931)
Hildy es un periodista que está a punto de dejar su empleo para irse a Nueva York. Para impedir que se vaya su mejor reportero, el director del periódico le encarga el reportaje de su vida: el caso de un condenado a muerte que ha huido de prisión. Primera adaptación cinematográfica de la obra de teatro de Ben Hecht y Charles MacArthur "The Front Page". La segunda adaptación ("Luna Nueva", 1940) la dirigió Howard Hawks. La tercera ("Primera Plana", 1974) fue obra de Billy Wilder. A Ted Kotcheff corresponde la cuarta versión ("Interferencias", 1988).
Directora: Lewis Milestone
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Adolphe Menjou as Walter Burns |
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Pat O'Brien as Hildy Johnson |
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Mary Brian as Peggy Grant |
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Edward Everett Horton as Bensinger |
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Walter Catlett as Murphy |
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George E. Stone as Earl Williams |
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Mae Clarke as Molly |
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Slim Summerville as Pincus |
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Matt Moore as Kruger |
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Frank McHugh as McCue |
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Clarence Wilson as Sheriff Hartman |
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Fred Howard as Schwartz |
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Phil Tead as Wilson |
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Eugene Strong as Endicott |
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Spencer Charters as Woodenshoes |
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Maurice Black as Diamond Louie |
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Effie Ellsler as Mrs. Grant |
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Dorothea Wolbert as Jenny |
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James Gordon as The Mayor |
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Richard Alexander as Jacobi (uncredited) |
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James Donlan as Reporter (uncredited) |
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Dot Farley as Madame (uncredited) |
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Francis Ford as Carl - Detective (uncredited) |
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Sol Gorss as Policeman (uncredited) |
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Max Hoffman Jr. as Searcher at Speakeasy Door (uncredited) |
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George Magrill as Policeman (uncredited) |
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Herman J. Mankiewicz as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited) |
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Lewis Milestone as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited) |
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Gustav von Seyffertitz as Professor Max J. Egelhoffer (uncredited) |
| Writing | Ben Hecht | Writer |
| Directing | Lewis Milestone | Director |
| Production | Howard Hughes | Producer |
| Writing | Bartlett Cormack | Adaptation |
| Production | Charles Stallings | Production Manager |
| Editing | Duncan Mansfield | Editor |
| Writing | Charles MacArthur | Writer |
| Crew | Charles Lederer | Additional Dialogue |
| Directing | Nate Watt | Assistant Director |
| Camera | Glen MacWilliams | Director of Photography |
| Art | Richard Day | Settings |
| Sound | Frank Grenzback | Sound Engineer |
| Production | Lewis Milestone | Producer |
| Camera | Tony Gaudio | Additional Photography |
| Camera | Hal Mohr | Additional Photography |
| Crew | Howard Hughes | Presenter |
