The Philadelphia Story

Name: The Philadelphia Story
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Released: 1940-12-05
Duration: 113 min
Rating: 7.583
Cast: Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, James Stewart, Ruth Hussey, John Howard

Broadway's howling year-run comedy hit of the snooty society beauty who slipped and fell - IN LOVE!

Comedy Romance

The Philadelphia Story(1940)

Broadway's howling year-run comedy hit of the snooty society beauty who slipped and fell - IN LOVE!

Comedy Romance

7.6

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/ 10 (956 votes)

1h 53m

1940-12-05

Budget: $0.9M

Revenue: $3.3M

Overview

When a rich woman's ex-husband and a tabloid-type reporter turn up just before her planned remarriage, she begins to learn the truth about herself.

DirectorGeorge Cukor

ScreenplayDonald Ogden Stewart

Theatre PlayPhilip Barry

ScreenplayWaldo Salt

Cast

Cary Grant

C.K. Dexter Haven

Katharine Hepburn

Tracy Lord

James Stewart

Macaulay 'Mike' Connor

Ruth Hussey

Elizabeth 'Liz' Imbrie

John Howard

George Kittredge

Roland Young

Uncle Willie

John Halliday

Seth Lord

Mary Nash

Margaret Lord

Virginia Weidler

Dinah Lord

Henry Daniell

Sidney Kidd

Lionel Pape

Edward

Rex Evans

Thomas

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Keywords

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