The Great Gildersleeve (1942)

12/17/1942 (US) • 1h 2m

Comedy

Now! Radio's Rare Comic In His Own FUN SHOW On the Screen!

Overview

A small-town blowhard runs for water commissioner while fighting to win custody of his niece and nephew.

Top Billed Cast

Harold Peary

Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve

Freddie Mercer

Leroy Forrester

Nancy Gates

Marjorie 'Margie' Forrester

Jane Darwell

Aunt Emma Forrester

Lillian Randolph

Birdie Scoggins

Mary Field

Amelia Hooker

Charles Arnt

Judge Horace Hooker

Thurston Hall

Governor Jonathan Stafford

George Carpenter

Frank Powers


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Part of the The Great Gildersleeve Collection

Includes The Great Gildersleeve, Gildersleeve's Ghost, Gildersleeve on Broadway

View The Collection

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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

wager

sitcom

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