When 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.
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Bette Davis | ... | Maggie Cutler | |
| Ann Sheridan | ... | Lorraine Sheldon | |
| Monty Woolley | ... | Sheridan Whiteside | |
| Richard Travis | ... | Bert Jefferson | |
| Jimmy Durante | ... | Banjo | |
| Billie Burke | ... | Mrs. Ernest W. Stanley aka Daisy | |
| Reginald Gardiner | ... | Beverly Carlton | |
| Elisabeth Fraser | ... | June Stanley | |
| Grant Mitchell | ... | Mr. Ernest W. Stanley | |
| George Barbier | ... | Dr. Bradley | |
| Mary Wickes | ... | Miss Preen | |
| Russell Arms | ... | Richard Stanley | |
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Ruth Vivian | ... | Harriet Stanley |
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Edwin Stanley | ... | John |
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Betty Roadman | ... | Sarah |
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Lecturer Sheridan Whiteside slips on the ice on his way into the home of a prominent Ohio family. The local doctor says Whiteside must remain confined having broken his leg. He begins to meddle with the lives of everyone in the household and, once his plots are underway, learns there is nothing wrong with his leg. He bribes the doctor and resumes control of the household. Written by Ed Stephan <stephan@cc.wwu.edu>
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24 January 1942 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
El hombre que vino a cenar See more »Filming Locations:
Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USAEdit
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$1,050,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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Mono (RCA Sound System)Color:
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1.37 : 1
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(uncredited)
Written and Performed by Jimmy Durante
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The poem that Whiteside quotes with the line "Harriet Stanley took an ax and gave her mother 40 whacks" was actually written about the real Elizabeth "Lizzie" Borden, who was tried but acquitted of the hatchet murders of her mother and father in Falls River, MA, in 1892. See more »Goofs
After Banjo hands Whiteside 'Lana Turner's sweater' ( in a package ), in the next instant, after the cut, nothing is in Whiteside's hands. See more »Quotes
Maggie Cutler: [to Mr. Whiteside] I think you're incapable of any emotion higher up than your stomach!See more »
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Did You Ever Have the Feeling That You Wanted to Go?(uncredited)
Written and Performed by Jimmy Durante
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This is one of the great film comedies of all time. Monty Woolley is priceless as the uppity celebrity who comes to dinner and stays and stays, causing havoc to a socially upper-crust household. The rest of the cast is superb too. Don't miss this film. It is a gem and a joy.