Review of His Girl Friday (1940) by Paul N — 18 Apr 2009

A super sonic golden oldie, Moves so fast dialogue and script amazing youv'e gotta see it to believe it. Love you Cary XXX.

This review of His Girl Friday (1940) was written by Paul N on 18 Apr 2009.

His Girl Friday has generally received very positive reviews.

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