Ruthless Chicago newspaper editor Walter Burns resorts to dubious motives in order to get top reporter Hildy Johnson to cover one more big crime story before retirement.

Jack Lemmon
as Hildebrand Johnson

Walter Matthau
as Walter Burns

Susan Sarandon
as Peggy Grant

Vincent Gardenia
as Sheriff

David Wayne
as Roy Bensinger

Allen Garfield
as Kruger

Austin Pendleton
as Earl Williams

Charles Durning
as Murphy

Herb Edelman
as Schwartz

Martin Gabel
as Dr. Max J. Eggelhofer