The Philadelphia Story
Broadway's howling year-run comedy hit of the snooty society beauty who slipped and fell - IN LOVE!
7.5(1,007) 1940-12-05 113 minComedyRomance
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
ScreenplayWaldo Salt
ScreenplayDonald Ogden Stewart
Original Music ComposerFranz Waxman
ProducerJoseph L. Mankiewicz
Cast & characters
Cary Grant
as C.K. Dexter Haven
Katharine Hepburn
as Tracy Lord
James Stewart
as Macaulay 'Mike' Connor
Ruth Hussey
as Elizabeth 'Liz' Imbrie
John Howard
as George Kittredge
Roland Young
as Uncle Willie
John Halliday
as Seth Lord
Mary Nash
as Margaret Lord
Virginia Weidler
as Dinah Lord
Henry Daniell
as Sidney Kidd
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Lionel Pape
as Edward
Rex Evans
as Thomas
King Baggot
as Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Hillary Brooke
as Main Line Society Woman (uncredited)
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Veda Buckland
as Elsie (uncredited)
Lita Chevret
as Manicurist (uncredited)
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Russ Clark
as John the Chauffeur (uncredited)
David Clyde
as Mac (uncredited)
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Robert De Bruce
as Dr. Parsons (uncredited)
Dorothy Fay
as Main Line Society Woman (uncredited)
Claude King
as Uncle Willie's Butler (uncredited)
Eric Mayne
as Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Florine McKinney
as Main Line Society Woman (uncredited)
Lee Phelps
as Bartender (uncredited)
