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Overview
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Director:
Writers:
George Seaton (writer)
Brandon Thomas (play)
Release Date:
1 August 1941 (USA) more
Tagline:
THE GREATEST COMEDIAN OF OUR TIME...in Brandon Thomas' Immortal Comedy!
Plot:
In 1890, two students at Oxford force their rascally friend and fellow student to pose as an aunt from Brazil--where the nuts come from. full summary | add synopsis
User Comments:
Charley's Aunt: The Hunt May Be at an End more (12 total)
Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Jack Benny | ... | Babbs Babberley |
 | Kay Francis | ... | Donna Lucia d'Alvadorez |
 | James Ellison | ... | Jack Chesney |
 | Anne Baxter | ... | Amy Spettigue |
| Edmund Gwenn | ... | Stephen Spettigue |
| Laird Cregar | ... | Sir Francis Chesney |
| Reginald Owen | ... | Redcliff |
| Arleen Whelan | ... | Kitty Verdun |
| Richard Haydn | ... | Charley Wyckham |
| Ernest Cossart | ... | Brasset |
| Morton Lowry | ... | Harley Stafford |
| Will Stanton | ... | Messenger |
| Lionel Pape | ... | Hilary Babberly |
| C. Montague Shaw | ... | Elderly Professor |
| Maurice Cass | ... | Octogenarian Professor |
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Also Known As:
Charley's American Aunt (UK)
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Runtime:
80 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Recording)
Certification:
Finland:S | USA:Approved (PCA #7438) | Australia:G
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Somewhat a landmark film for 20th Century-Fox, as it was the first film they offered the exhibitors under the recently-established terms of the consent decree, conditions that no longer allowed a film studio or company to force the exhibitors to book a large block of films from the same company in order to get any film from that company in a production season. They could still require the exhibitor to make bookings in blocks of five, and "Charley's Aunt" was the first of the five offered. The other four could have been turkeys, but they had to be booked in order to get "Charley's Aunt." more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Student:
Good afternoon, Mr. Redcliff.
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Referenced in Clancy Street Boys (1943) more
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I loved the movie, but like the subscribee above, I haven't seen it in 20 years or so. It's not available on video in any country and I've checked every specialty video line--- no-one has it. The good news is that I'm told someone saw a copy on ebay this week. It's not there now, but if there's one out there, there must be more. Check ebay through October. It's Jack's film best after "To Be or Not to Be" in my opinion and better than "Horn" or "George Washington Slept
Here" (3rd place?) Anyway, If I find one, I'll cheer