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Lakeshore Classic Movies
His Girl Friday (1940)
Season 2023
Episode 66
Howard Hawks’ comedy classic pits ace reporter Hildy Johnson (Rosalind Russell) trying to move on from the newspaper business and her marriage to her editor (Cary Grant). The fast-talking duo wages a war of words in this fast-paced battle of the sexes that also stars Ralph Bellamy.
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