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The Man Who Came to Dinner is a american film of genre Comedy directed by William Keighley released in USA on 24 january 1942 with Monty Woolley

The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942)

The Man Who Came to Dinner
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Released in USA 24 january 1942
Length 1h52
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Comedy,    Romantic comedy,    Romance
Rating74% 3.7460253.7460253.7460253.7460253.746025

The Man Who Came to Dinner is a 1942 American comedy film directed by William Keighley, and starring Bette Davis, Ann Sheridan and Monty Woolley as the title character. The screenplay by Julius and Philip G. Epstein is based on the 1939 play of the same title by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman. The supporting cast features Jimmy Durante and Billie Burke.

Synopsis

During a cross-country lecture tour, notoriously acerbic radio personality Sheridan Whiteside (Monty Woolley) slips on the icy steps of the house of the Stanleys (Grant Mitchell and Billie Burke), a prominent Ohio family, and insists on recuperating in their home during the Christmas holidays. The overbearing, self-centered celebrity soon comes to dominate the lives of the residents and everyone else who enters the household. He encourages young adults Richard (Russell Arms) and June (Elisabeth Fraser) Stanley to pursue their dreams, much to the dismay of their conventional father Ernest.

Actors

Monty Woolley

(Sheridan Whiteside)Bette Davis

(Maggie Cutler)Ann Sheridan

(Lorraine Sheldon)Jimmy Durante

(Banjo)Richard Travis

(Bert Jefferson)
And :
Billie Burke
Grant Mitchell
Reginald Gardiner
Mary Wickes
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