Harvey (1950 film)

Harvey
Original poster
Directed byHenry Koster
Screenplay byMary Chase
Oscar Brodney
Myles Connolly (Uncredited)[1]
Based onHarvey
1944 play
by Mary Chase
Produced byJohn Beck
Starring
CinematographyWilliam H. Daniels
Edited byRalph Dawson
Music byFrank Skinner
Production
company
Universal Pictures
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release dates
  • December 4, 1950 (1950-12-04) (Brazil)
  • December 21, 1950 (1950-12-21) (USA)
Running time
104 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$2.6 million (US rentals)[2]

Harvey is a 1950 American comedy-drama film based on Mary Chase's 1944 play of the same name, directed by Henry Koster, and starring James Stewart, Josephine Hull, Charles Drake, Cecil Kellaway, Jesse White, Victoria Horne, Wallace Ford and Peggy Dow. The story centers on a man whose best friend is a púca named Harvey, a 6 ft 3+12 in (1.92 m) tall white invisible rabbit, and the ensuing debacle when the man's sister tries to have him committed to a sanatorium.

  1. ^ "1951 Retro-Hugo Awards". The Hugo Awards. Archived from the original on May 7, 2011. Retrieved June 26, 2019.
  2. ^ 'The Top Box Office Hits of 1951', Variety, January 2, 1952