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Thursday, June 6, 2024

THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER (1941)

 


Directed By: William Keighley 

Written By: Julius J. Epstein & Philip G. Epstein

Based On The Stage Play By: George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart

Cinematography: Tony Gaudio

Editor: Jack Killifer 


Cast: Monty Woolley, Ann Sheridan, Bette Davis, Jimmy Durante, Richard Travis, Billie Burke, Reginald Gardiner, Elisabeth Fraser, Grant Mitchell, Mary Wickes 


Sheridan Whiteside, an eccentric and acid-tongued radio lecturer, is disabled on the doorstep of a prominent Ohio family and must remain confined to the unwilling family's home for a few days. Discovering what he believes to be problems within the household, hatches a plot to fix all of the household's problems. 


Sherry then proceeds to find out that his leg is fine so he bribes the doctor to declare him unfit to leave for a few weeks so he can meddle with the lives of the members of the household. But has he made a mistake?