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"The Wonderful Pulitzer Prize Play … becomes one of the Great Motion Pictures of our Time!"
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.
20 Cast Members
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)
Maudie Prickett
Elvira - Cook (uncredited)
Dick Wessel
Mr. Cracker (uncredited)
