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Harvey

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

1950 · NR · 1h 44m

Directed by Henry Koster

7.7

TMDB audience score
710 votes, out of 10

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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.

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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

  • Grayce Mills
    Mrs. Ethel Chauvenet (as Grace Mills)

  • Clem Bevans
    Mr. Herman Shimelplatzer

  • Harvey
    Himself

  • Don Brodie
    Mailman (uncredited)

  • Pat Flaherty
    Policeman (uncredited)

  • Eula Guy
    Mrs. Johnson - Maid (uncredited)

  • Norman Leavitt
    Henry Riley - Cab Driver (uncredited)

  • Fess Parker
    Leslie - Chauffeur (voice) (uncredited)