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The Man Who Came to Dinner

7.019411h 52mNRMovieComedy

An acerbic critic wreaks havoc when a hip injury forces him to move in indefinitely with a Midwestern family.

DirectorWilliam Keighley
WritersPhilip G. Epstein·Julius J. Epstein
ProducersHal B. Wallis·Jack L. Warner

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Cast · Directed by William Keighley

BDBette Davis
Bette Davis
Maggie Cutler
ASAnn Sheridan
Ann Sheridan
Lorraine Sheldon
MWMonty Woolley
Monty Woolley
Sheridan Whiteside
RTRichard Travis
Richard Travis
Bert Jefferson
JDJimmy Durante
Jimmy Durante
Banjo
BBBillie Burke
Billie Burke
Daisy Stanley
RGReginald Gardiner
Reginald Gardiner
Beverly Carlton
EFElisabeth Fraser
Elisabeth Fraser
June Stanley
GMGrant Mitchell
Grant Mitchell
Ernest W. Stanley
GBGeorge Barbier
George Barbier
Dr. Bradley
MWMary Wickes
Mary Wickes
Miss Preen
RARussell Arms
Russell Arms
Richard Stanley

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