SummaryWhen 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.
Directed By:William Keighley
Written By:Julius J. Epstein, George S. Kaufman, Moss Hart
The Man Who Came to Dinner
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A deliciously wicked character portrait and a helter-skelter satire.
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Cynically witty lines, top-notch characterizations (Ann Sheridan is a delight), and welcome guest appearances by Jimmy Durante (as a Harpo Marx figure) and Reginald Gardner (doing a take on Noel Coward) make for classic comedy.
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It's a pleasant movie, not quite up to its reputation. [06 Aug 2000, p.23C]
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Superb casting and nifty work by every member of the company rates plenty of breveting.
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The play was built on topical jokes and a series of vaudeville turns, and in this version the jokes are flat and the turns seemed forced and not very funny.
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Production Company:
- Warner Bros.
Release Date:Jan 24, 1942
Duration:1 h 52 m
Rating:TV-G
Tagline:Nothing could be funnier! (Posters).
Awards
Photoplay Awards
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
• 1 Nomination
