Successful newspaper reporter Hildy Johnson is quitting his job to get married. However, his scheming editor, Walter Burns, has other plans. They learn that a notorious (but possibly wrongfully accused) criminal has escaped on the eve of his execution, and Hildy can’t resist this one last story.

Though in the shadow of His Girl Friday, Billy Wilder’s own underrated adaptation of the classic Hecht and MacArthur comedy remains a first-rate farce: a satire showcasing star performances from not just the go-to duo of Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau but as well, Carol Burnett and Susan Sarandon.