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The Man Who Came to Dinner (1941)
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Reviews Counted:5
Fresh:4
Rotten:1
Average Rating:8/10
Runtime: 1 hr 53 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: This hilariously witty satire contains caricatures of many famous celebrities -- Alexander Woollcott, Gertrude Lawrence, Noël Coward, Harpo Marx, and various members of New York's Algonquin Round... This hilariously witty satire contains caricatures of many famous celebrities -- Alexander Woollcott, Gertrude Lawrence, Noël Coward, Harpo Marx, and various members of New York's Algonquin Round Table. While on his way to dinner at a suburban family's home, Sheridan Whiteside, an insufferably arrogant radio personality, accidentally falls and breaks his hip. Then the unwelcome, barbed-tongued guest stays on in their abode while he recovers. And, along with an offbeat cast of characters who come to visit him, he proceeds to drive his hosts round the bend! [More]
Starring: Bette Davis, Monty Woolley, Ann Sheridan, Billie Burke
Starring: Bette Davis, Monty Woolley, Ann Sheridan, Billie Burke
Director: William Keighley
Director: William Keighley
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Reviews for The Man Who Came to Dinner
Monty Woolley repeats his stage role in this smart adaptation of Kaufman and Hart's Broadway play, inspired by the Algonquin celebs (Alexander Woolcott, Harpo Marx, Noel Coward, centering on an unwanted guest who wreaks havoc on his guests' lives.
Here, in the space of an hour and fifty-two minutes, is compacted what is unquestionably the most vicious but hilarious cat-clawing exhibition ever put on the screen, a deliciously wicked character portrait and a helter-skelter satire, withal.
The great cast mirthfully brings on the savage dialogue and relishes in the malicious nature of the satire.
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