The Front Page is a 1974 American black comedy movie directed by Billy Wilder and was the third adaption of the 1928 play of the same name by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur. It stars Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Susan Sarandon, Vincent Gardenia, David Wayne, Carol Burnett, Allen Garfield, Charles Durning, Allen Jenkins, Martin Gabel and was distributed by Universal Pictures.