The Wonderful Pulitzer Prize Play … becomes one of the Great Motion Pictures of our Time!
The story of Elwood P. Dowd who makes friends with a spirit taking the form of a human-sized rabbit named Harvey that only he sees (and a few privileged others on occasion also.) After his sister tries to commit him to a mental institution, a comedy of errors ensues. Elwood and Harvey become the catalysts for a family mending its wounds and for romance blossoming in unexpected places.
ComedyFantasysanatoriumbased on play or musicalimaginary friendmental institutionblack and whitepolice officerrabbitmental illnessscrewball comedycommitmentbrother sister relationship
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Comic, classical in form, warm and effortless.
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- warmbleak
- effortlessdemanding
- sparerichly built
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Cast
- James StewartElwood P. Dowd
- Josephine HullVeta Louise Simmons
- Peggy DowMiss Kelly
- Charles DrakeDr. Sanderson
- Cecil KellawayDr. Chumley
- Victoria HorneMyrtle Mae Simmons
- Jesse WhiteWilson
- William H. LynnJudge Gaffney (as William Lynn)
- Wallace FordThe Taxi Driver
- Nana BryantMrs. Hazel Chumley
Crew
- Henry KosterDirector
- Myles ConnollyScreenplay
- Oscar BrodneyScreenplay
- William H. DanielsDirector of Photography
- Ralph DawsonEditor
- John BeckProducer
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