His Girl Friday

1940 · directed by Howard Hawks

Rating

84/100

Hit

yes

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.

His Girl Friday (1940), directed by Howard Hawks, rates 84/100 — a hit. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

• Cary Grant
• Rosalind Russell
• Ralph Bellamy
• Gene Lockhart
• Porter Hall
• Ernest Truex
• Cliff Edwards
• Clarence Kolb
• Roscoe Karns
• Frank Jenks

Crew

• Joseph Walker — Director of Photography
• Gene Havlick — Editor
• Felix Mills — Original Music Composer
• Sidney Cutner — Original Music Composer
• Ben Hecht — Screenplay
• Charles Lederer — Screenplay
• Howard Hawks — Screenplay

More from Howard Hawks

1. Bringing Up Baby (1938) — 93/100 · hit
2. Rio Bravo (1959) — 85/100 · hit
3. Red River (1948) — 84/100 · hit
4. Scarface (1932) — 83/100 · hit
5. The Big Sleep (1946) — 83/100 · hit
6. To Have and Have Not (1945) — 83/100 · hit

How these numbers work: Methodology