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Film details
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Featuring
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Country
USA
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Year
1950
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Genre
Comedy
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Type
Film
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Category
Fiction
Introduction
“If you’re for warm and gentle whimsy, for a charmingly fanciful farce, and for a little touch of pathos, then the movie version of Harvey is definitely for you.”
Bosley Crowther, The New York Times, 1950
Mary Chase’s Pulitzer-winning comedy ran for five years on Broadway, three of them with James Stewart playing Elwood P. Dowd, the boozy eccentric whose constant companion is a ‘pooka’ (a mischievous spirit from Celtic mythology) only he can see.
Bing Crosby was Hollywood’s first choice, but Stewart turned in one of his most fondly remembered screen performances, capturing the innocent warmth and disappointed sadness of a man whose retreat from social responsibilities is far from evidence of insanity.
Director Henry Koster wisely opted not to visualise the titular man-sized rabbit, instead capturing the fizzing dialogue of the theatrical original, while stage veteran Josephine Hull won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress as the confused sister who almost believes in Harvey herself.
Jake Gyllenhaal finds his sanity questioned after befriending a somewhat less benevolent giant rabbit in Richard Kelly’s Donnie Darko (2001).
Cast & Credits
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Cast
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Elwood P. Dowd
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Veta Louise Simmons
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Miss Kelly
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Dr Lyman Sanderson
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Dr William Chumley
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Myrtle Mae Simmons
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Marvin Wilson
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Judge Omar Gaffney
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E.J. Lofgren, the cabbie
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Mrs Chumley
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Mrs Ethel Chauvenel
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Herman, the gatekeeper
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[mailman]
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[Mrs Johnson]
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[Elvira]
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[Mrs Halsey]
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[Mrs Tewksbury]
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[Minninger]
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[nurse]
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[salesman]
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[Cracker]
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[Meegels]
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[Mrs Strickleberger]
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[Mrs Krausmayer]
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[Mrs Cummings]
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[Henry, the cabbie]
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[Nurse Dunphy]
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[Leslie, the chauffeur]
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[policeman]
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[Mrs McGiff]
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[Miss LaFay]
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[eccentric man]
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[man in car]
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[.]
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Credits
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Unknown:
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©/Production Company
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[Production Manager]
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[Assistant Director]
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[Script Supervisor]
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[Contributor to Script]
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Based on the play by
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[Camera Operator]
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[Gaffer]
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[Grip]
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[Stills]
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Film Editor
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Gowns
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[Make-up Artist]
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Hairstylist
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[Hairdresser]
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