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The Great Gildersleeve

The Great Gildersleeve

★ 6.2/10•1942•1h 2m•Comedy

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

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

Gordon Douglas · Director

Jack Townley · Screenplay

Julien Josephson · Screenplay

StatusReleased
Runtime1h 2m
LanguageEN
Release DateDec 17, 1942

Actors

Harold Peary

Harold Peary

Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve

Freddie Mercer

Freddie Mercer

Leroy Forrester

Nancy Gates

Nancy Gates

Marjorie 'Margie' Forrester

Jane Darwell

Jane Darwell

Aunt Emma Forrester

Lillian Randolph

Lillian Randolph

Birdie Scoggins

Mary Field

Amelia Hooker

Charles Arnt

Charles Arnt

Judge Horace Hooker

Thurston Hall

Thurston Hall

Governor Jonathan Stafford

George Carpenter

Frank Powers

John Dilson

John Dilson

Mayor Appleton

Syd Saylor

Syd Saylor

Phil, the carpenter

Anne O'Neal

Martha, an old crow

Fern Emmett

Fern Emmett

Second Old Crow

Herb Vigran

Herb Vigran

George, the jeweller

Donald Kerr

Donald Kerr

Photographer

George Chandler

George Chandler

Messenger

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