Hammerman Ikon

Hammerman Ikon Film Guide

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1974
****
Director: Billy Wilder
Cast: Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Carol Burnett, Susan Sarandon

This story about two feuding reporters covering a murder story is based on a play and has been filmed twice before, the most famous version being Howard Hawks' His Girl Friday. Billy Wilder's penultimate film is very funny but a bit stagy and not one of his best.