His Girl Friday(1940)

movie - first aired/released 1940-01-18 - 92 min - audience 7.4

Comedy, Romance, Crime

Directed by Howard Hawks

Walter Burns is an irresistibly conniving newspaper publisher desperate to woo back his paper’s star reporter, who also happens to be his estranged wife. She’s threatening to quit and settle down with a new beau, but, as Walter knows, she has a weakness: she can’t resist a juicy scoop.