They're at each other's throats when they're not in each other's arms!
Walter Burns is an irresistibly conniving newspaper publisher desperate to woo back his paper’s star reporter, who also happens to be his estranged wife. She’s threatening to quit and settle down with a new beau, but, as Walter knows, she has a weakness: she can’t resist a juicy scoop.
prison
journalist
suicide
journalism
based on play or musical
wager
fugitive
black and white
screwball comedy
corrupt politician
newspaper editor
insurance agent
fiancé fiancée relationship
press room
political corruption
rolltop desk
reprieve
criterion
bride-to-be
ex spouses
imminent execution
convicted murderer
comedy of remarriage