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Harvey

19501h 44mComedy · Fantasy
directed by Henry Koster

“The Wonderful Pulitzer Prize Play … becomes one of the Great Motion Pictures of our Time!”

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7.7 / 10
689 votes
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7.9 / 10
60,260 votes
Metacritic
79 / 100
Rotten Tomatoes
88%

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Synopsis

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.

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)
Wallace Ford·The Taxi Driver
Nana Bryant·Mrs. Hazel Chumley