His Girl Friday Genre Guide: Story, Cast and Movie Facts

His Girl Friday (1940) — an evergreen reference for this movie: the essentials, the cast, where to watch and what to watch next. They're at each other's throats when they're not in each other's arms!

Where to watch

TMDB's U.S. watch-provider data lists fuboTV, MGM+ Amazon Channel, YouTube TV, Criterion Channel, MGM Plus, Philo. Availability changes by country and date, so check your streaming app before watching.

Cast

Cary Grant as Walter Burns; Rosalind Russell as Hildy Johnson; Ralph Bellamy as Bruce Baldwin; Gene Lockhart as Sheriff Hartwell; Porter Hall as Murphy; Ernest Truex as Bensinger; Cliff Edwards as Endicott; Clarence Kolb as Mayor

About His Girl Friday

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.

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Figures and availability come from public TMDB data and are provided as a sourced reference.