The main characters are unexpectedly engaging (Sam in particular is simply awesome, thanks mainly to Brown's winningly sparky portrayal of her), the acting overall acceptable, and the story unfolds at a constant steady pace.

Originally done as 'The Front Page', the play by Hecht and McArthur takes on new life here as the character of Hildy Johnson metamorphoses in this version to be a sparky woman (played by Rosalind Russell), former wife of the harassed columnist Walter Burns (played with characteristic bewilderment and charm by Cary Grant).

Genevieve Bujold lends winningly sparky support as gutsy and hard-nosed rape-crisis therapist Beryl Thibodeaux; her witty exchanges with the macho Block are quite lively and amusing.

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