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Harvey

The Wonderful Pulitzer Prize Play … becomes one of the Great Motion Pictures of our Time!
Dec 4, 1950 · 1h 44m
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Comedy
Fantasy

PLOT

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.

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CAST

James Stewart
Elwood P. Dowd
Josephine Hull
Veta Louise Simmons
Peggy Dow
Miss Kelly
Charles Drake
Dr. Sanderson
Cecil Kellaway
Dr. Chumley
Victoria Horne
Myrtle Mae Simmons
Jesse White
Wilson
William H. Lynn
Judge Gaffney (as William Lynn)
Directed by Henry Koster

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Production
Universal International Pictures
Country
US

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