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Julius J. Epstein (screenplay)
Philip G. Epstein (screenplay)
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Release Date:
24 January 1942 (USA) more
Plot:
When acerbic critic Sheridan Whiteside slips on the front steps of a provincial Ohio businessman's home and breaks his hip, he and his entourage take over the house indefinitely. full summary | add synopsis
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Danny DeVito To Remake Classic 1940s Film
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A grand comedy more (51 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Bette Davis | ... | Maggie Cutler |
 | Ann Sheridan | ... | Lorraine Sheldon |
 | Monty Woolley | ... | Sheridan Whiteside |
| Richard Travis | ... | Bertram H. 'Bert' Jefferson |
 | Jimmy Durante | ... | Banjo |
 | Billie Burke | ... | Daisy Stanley |
| Reginald Gardiner | ... | Beverly Carlton |
| Elisabeth Fraser | ... | June Stanley |
| Grant Mitchell | ... | Ernest W. Stanley |
| George Barbier | ... | Dr. E. Bradley |
 | Mary Wickes | ... | Nurse Preen |
| Russell Arms | ... | Richard Stanley |
| Ruth Vivian | ... | Harriet Stanley |
| Edwin Stanley | ... | John |
| Betty Roadman | ... | Sarah |
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112 min
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Mono (RCA Sound System)
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This was Laura Hope Crews's final film. more
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Sheridan Whiteside: Go in and read the life of Florence Nightingale and learn how unfitted you are for your chosen profession. more
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Referenced in "Family Matters: The Mama Who Came to Dinner (#1.1)" (1989) more
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This is one of the great film comedies of all time. Monty Woolley is priceless as the uppity celebrity who comes to dinner and stays and stays, causing havoc to a socially upper-crust household. The rest of the cast is superb too. Don't miss this film. It is a gem and a joy.