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


collection-back

Part of the The Great Gildersleeve Collection

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

View The Collection

Recommendations

Gildersleeve on Broadway

58%

Chimes at Midnight

72%

Fantozzi 2000 - The Cloning

51%

Bread, Love and Dreams

70%

The Defiant Ones

71%

Pretty Bloody: The Women of Horror

76%

13 Exorcisms

59%

Misericordia

63%

Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword

77%

Late Spring

80%

Scent of a Woman

75%

3 Ninjas Knuckle Up

50%

The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice

76%

1

67%

The Straight Story

77%

Final Destination 5

61%

Daddy Day Care

59%

The United Monster Talent Agency

91%

Lord of the Streets

51%

Two Mules for Sister Sara

69%

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

wager

sitcom

© All Rights Reserved 2025