Alice, the only relatively normal member of the eccentric Sycamore family, falls in love with Tony Kirby, but his wealthy banker father and snobbish mother strongly disapprove of the match. When the Kirbys are invited to dinner to become better acquainted with their future in-laws, things don't turn out the way Alice had hoped.
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Jean Arthur | Alice Sycamore |
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Lionel Barrymore | Martin Vanderhof |
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James Stewart | Tony Kirby |
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Edward Arnold | Anthony P. Kirby |
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Mischa Auer | Kolenkhov |
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Ann Miller | Essie Carmichael |
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Spring Byington | Penny Sycamore |
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Samuel S. Hinds | Paul Sycamore |
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Donald Meek | Poppins |
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H.B. Warner | Ramsey |
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Halliwell Hobbes | DePinna |
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Dub Taylor | Ed Carmichael |
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Mary Forbes | Mrs. Anthony Kirby |
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Lillian Yarbo | Rheba |
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Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson | Donald |
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Clarence Wilson | John Blakely |
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Josef Swickard | Professor |
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Ann Doran | Maggie O'Neill |
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Christian Rub | Schmidt |
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Bodil Rosing | Mrs. Schmidt |
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Charles Lane | Henderson |
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Harry Davenport | Judge |
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Eugene Anderson Jr. | Bobby |
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Jimmy Anderson | Porter in Bank |
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Stanley Andrews | Attorney to Kirby at Arraignment |
Director | Frank Capra |
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Writer | Robert Riskin, George S. Kaufman, Moss Hart | |
Producer | Frank Capra | |
Musician | Dimitri Tiomkin | |
Photography | Joseph Walker |