The Man Who Came to Dinner (1941)
- 7.4
- 112 mins
- Comedy
Storyline
New York working girl Susan Applegate is desperate to go home to Iowa but does not have the railway fare so she disguises herself as a child to ride half fare. Enroute she meets Philip Kirby, an Army major teaching at a military school.—Jack McKillop
Plot Keywords
military school, older woman younger man relationship, army officer, railway station, hostility, anger, intimidation, frustration, mother daughter relationship, fiance fiancee relationship, husband wife relationship, uncle niece relationship, reference to france, deception, sister sister relationship, world war two, father son relationship, mother son relationship, male female relationship, ruse
Short Review
Here, in the space of an hour and fifty-two minutes, is compacted what is unquestionably the most vicious but hilarious cat-clawing exhibition ever put on the screen, a deliciously wicked character portrait and a helter-skelter satire, withal.
Trailer
Streaming Service
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