One evening as they leave work and share an elevator, she slaps him in the face when he insults her about her ""special qualifications"" for her job:What special qualifications do you feel that you have for a job that allows you to sit around all day and chat with he boss? I heard about your job.When it fizzled, he was shot and wounded.Riggs opened fire and killed the two thugs holding Rianne, and she fled in one of the vehicles.But when McAllister held a gun on Riggs from behind, he was forced to surrender as the girl was captured and all three were taken prisoner.A uniformed SF policeman (Fred Graham) and another dark-suited, plainclothes pursuer (later identified as James Stewart) follow the man.]Director Billy Wilder attempted a remake with a third film version:The Front Page (1974)with Jack Lemmon (as Hildy Johnson) and Walter Matthau (as Walter Burns).During his stiff entrance into the room, the boys tip off his hat with a wire, and humiliate the lenient novice by kicking it around on the floor and dirtying it.