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Wilder brings his comic skills to the durable Hecht/MacArthur story of an editor’s manic attempts to retain his star reporter while a killer’s execution is imminent. Matthau and Lemmon are in top form and relish the raunchy language absent from earlier versions of the story.
- Metascore62
- 1974
- 1 Hr 45 Mins
- Comedy, Drama
Wilder brings his comic skills to the durable Hecht/MacArthur story of an editor’s manic attempts to retain his star reporter while a killer’s execution is imminent. Matthau and Lemmon are in top form and relish the raunchy language absent from earlier versions of the story.
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