his gal friday be howard hawk tribute to the brilliant play in which this film be base . charles mcgraw and ben hecht and two of the best writer of the era and pay tribute to the journalist that write for the american newspaper of the thirty . this movie have some of the fast dialog in memory . the incredible combination of cary grant and rosalind russell and and ralph bellamy in the main role be what make this movie a favorite . mr. grant a walter burn and the unscrupulous newspaper editor and be the perfect foil for rosalind russell and hildy johnson and a role that be play by a male in the original play and in the other film version . the best moment of the film be the moment when cary grant speaking so fast and that some what he say go over the viewer head and refers a to ralph bellamy by name a not have a chance and cite in the same breadth his real name archibald leach . it hard to imagine anyone but cary grant and rosalind russell play walter and hildy . ralph bellamy be perfect a hildy fiancé and bruce baldwin . gene lockhart be perfect a the sheriff pinky hartwell . the ensemble of actor that play the reporter follow the possible execution of earl williams and be perfect . an excellent comedy thanks to the genius of howard hawk .