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cast: 25
crew: 37
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# The Front Page (1974): cast and crew

25 cast and 37 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order.

## Cast

- [Jack Lemmon](https://film.one/person/jack-lemmon.md) as Hildebrand Johnson
- [Walter Matthau](https://film.one/person/walter-matthau.md) as Walter Burns
- [Susan Sarandon](https://film.one/person/susan-sarandon.md) as Peggy Grant
- [Vincent Gardenia](https://film.one/person/vincent-gardenia.md) as Sheriff
- [David Wayne](https://film.one/person/david-wayne.md) as Roy Bensinger
- [Allen Garfield](https://film.one/person/allen-garfield.md) as Kruger
- [Austin Pendleton](https://film.one/person/austin-pendleton.md) as Earl Williams
- [Charles Durning](https://film.one/person/charles-durning.md) as Murphy
- [Herb Edelman](https://film.one/person/herb-edelman.md) as Schwartz
- [Martin Gabel](https://film.one/person/martin-gabel.md) as Dr. Max J. Eggelhofer
- [Harold Gould](https://film.one/person/harold-gould.md) as Mayor
- [Cliff Osmond](https://film.one/person/cliff-osmond.md) as Officer Jacobi
- Dick O'Neill as McHugh
- Jon Korkes as Rudy Keppler
- Carol Burnett as Mollie Malloy
- [Paul Benedict](https://film.one/person/paul-benedict.md) as Plunkett
- [Allen Jenkins](https://film.one/person/allen-jenkins.md) as Telegrapher
- Barbara Davis as Myrtle
- Biff Elliot as Police Dispatcher
- Lou Frizzell as Endicott
- Doro Merande as Jennie
- Noam Pitlik as Wilson
- [Joshua Shelley](https://film.one/person/joshua-shelley.md) as Cab Driver
- John Furlong as Duffy
- Leonard Bremen as Butch

## Directing

- [Billy Wilder](https://film.one/person/billy-wilder.md): Director

## Writing

- [Ben Hecht](https://film.one/person/ben-hecht.md): Theatre Play
- [Charles MacArthur](https://film.one/person/charles-macarthur.md): Theatre Play
- [Billy Wilder](https://film.one/person/billy-wilder.md): Screenplay
- [I. A. L. Diamond](https://film.one/person/i-a-l-diamond.md): Screenplay

## Production

- [Paul Monash](https://film.one/person/paul-monash.md): Producer
- Jennings Lang: Executive Producer

## Camera

- [Jordan Cronenweth](https://film.one/person/jordan-cronenweth.md): Director of Photography

## Editing

- [Ralph E. Winters](https://film.one/person/ralph-e-winters.md): Editor

## Sound and music

- Robert Martin: Sound Designer
- Robert L. Hoyt: Sound Designer

## Art

- [Henry Bumstead](https://film.one/person/henry-bumstead.md): Art Direction
- James W. Payne: Set Decoration

## Costume and make-up

- [Burton Miller](https://film.one/person/burton-miller.md): Costume Design

## Crew

- Gary McLarty: Stunts
- [Carey Loftin](https://film.one/person/carey-loftin.md): Stunt Coordinator
- Eddie Hice: Stunts
- Tommy J. Huff: Stunts
- Ronnie Rondell Jr.: Stunts
- Richard Washington: Stunts
- Fred Waugh: Stunts
- Bud Ekins: Stunts
- Jesse Wayne: Stunt Double
- Wally Rose: Stunts
- Louie Elias: Stunts
- Paul Nuckles: Stunts
- Tom Steele: Stunts
- John Quijada: Stunts
- Jerry Summers: Stunts
- Marvin Walters: Stunts
- Bobby Ferro: Stunts
- [Richard Farnsworth](https://film.one/person/richard-farnsworth.md): Stunts
- Gary Davis: Stunts
- Fred Dale: Stunts
- Howard Curtis: Stunts
- Roger Creed: Stunts
- Max Balchowsky: Stunts

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