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Hildy, the journalist former wife of newspaper editor Walter Burns, visits his office to inform him that she's engaged and will be getting remarried the next day. Walter can't let that happen and frames the fiancé, Bruce Baldwin, for one thing after another, to keep him temporarily held in prison, while trying to steer Hildy into returning to her old job as his employee.

She learned about men from him!

Genres: Comedy, Drama

Starring: Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell, Ralph Bellamy

Released: January 18, 1940

Runtime: 92.0

Popularity Rating: 9.883

Columbia Pictures

United States of America

Walter Burns Cary Grant
Hildy Johnson Rosalind Russell
Bruce Baldwin Ralph Bellamy
Sheriff Hartwell Gene Lockhart
Mrs. Baldwin Alma Kruger
Mayor Clarence Kolb
Louie Abner Biberman
Earl Williams John Qualen
Mollie Malloy Helen Mack
Murphy Porter Hall
Bensinger Ernest Truex
Endicott Cliff Edwards
McCue Roscoe Karns
Wilson Frank Jenks
Sanders Regis Toomey
Duffy Frank Orth
Joe Pettibone Billy Gilbert
Warden Cooley Pat West
Dr. Eggelhoffer Edwin Maxwell
Gus (uncredited) Irving Bacon
Mike (uncredited) Wade Boteler
Insurance Doctor (uncredited) Harry C. Bradley
Elevator Passenger (uncredited) Wheaton Chambers
Cop (uncredited) Edmund Cobb
Newspaper Office Worker (uncredited) Ann Doran
Plainclothesman (uncredited) Ralph Dunn
Pete Davis (uncredited) Earl Dwire
Frank - Policeman (uncredited) Pat Flaherty
Elevator Passenger (uncredited) Jack Gardner
Carl - Plainclothesman (uncredited) Eddie Hart
Evangeline (uncredited) Marion Martin
Newsman (uncredited) Frank McLure
Tim (uncredited) James Millican
Gene (uncredited) Gene Morgan
Skinny (uncredited) Delmar Watson

Art — Art Direction: Lionel Banks
Camera — Camera Intern: Cliff Shirpser
Camera — Director of Photography: Joseph Walker
Costume & Make-Up — Costume Design: Robert Kalloch
Crew — Additional Dialogue: Morrie Ryskind
Directing — Assistant Director: Cliff P. Broughton
Directing — Director: Howard Hawks
Editing — Editor: Gene Havlick
Production — Producer: Howard Hawks
Production — Producer: Jed Harris
Sound — Music: Ben Oakland
Sound — Music: Felix Mills
Sound — Music: Sidney Cutner
Sound — Music Director: Morris Stoloff
Sound — Sound: Lodge Cunningham
Writing — Screenplay: Ben Hecht
Writing — Screenplay: Charles Lederer
Writing — Theatre Play: Ben Hecht
Writing — Theatre Play: Charles MacArthur