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When acerbic critic Sheridan Whiteside slips on the front steps of a provincial Ohio businessman's home and breaks his hip, he and his entourage take over the house indefinitely.

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Starring:
Monty Woolley ..... Sheridan Whiteside

Bette Davis ..... Maggie Cutler

Ann Sheridan ..... Lorraine Sheldon

Richard Travis ..... Bertram H. Jefferson

Jimmy Durante ..... Banjo

Grant Mitchell ..... Ernest W. Stanley

Billie Burke ..... Daisy Stanley

Reginald Gardiner ..... Beverly Carlton

Elisabeth Fraser ..... June Stanley

George Barbier ..... Dr. E. Bradley

Mary Wickes ..... Nurse Preen

Russell Arms ..... Richard Stanley

Ruth Vivian ..... Harriet Stanley

Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures

Filmed: 1942 - Released: 1942

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