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Genres:
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Comedy /
Romance /
Music
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Release:
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Director:
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William Keighley
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Actors:
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Billie Burke,
Richard Travis,
Bette Davis,
Ann Sheridan,
Monty Woolley,
Jimmy Durante,
Reginald Gardiner,
Elisabeth Fraser,
Grant Mitchell,
George Barbier
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Duration:
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112 min.
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Rating:
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(7.6/10)60
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Plot Summary:
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Sheridan Whiteside, an eccentric and acid-tongued radio lecturer, is damaged on the doorstep of a prominent Ohio family and must carry on confined to the unwilling family's emphasize seeking a few days. Discovering what he believes to be problems within the household, Sheridan ("Sherry") discovers his leg is fine. Bribing the doctor to declare him unfit to reject for a not many weeks, Sherry hatches a outline to link all of the household's problems. But has he made a mistake?
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Tags:
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The Man Who Came to Dinner
An acidic comedy that has become a timeless in the States, but less so in the rest of the world. Woolley is a sharp-tongued, thought-provoking radio act who breaks his knowing while visiting friends and has to set-back with them until he recovers. While there he manages to irritate and alienate in the house with a exhibition of bad manners and insults that's a joy of blacklist humour. Although not all the jokes acquire survived the evaluate of time, it's still a beautiful bit of calligraphy and clothing playing, with Woolley, Davis, Durante and the others all managing to create fireworks.
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