The Great Gildersleeve

Dec 17, 1942

1h 2m

★ 6.1

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.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

RKO Radio Pictures

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Cast

Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve

Harold Peary

Leroy Forrester

Freddie Mercer

Marjorie 'Margie' Forrester

Nancy Gates

Aunt Emma Forrester

Jane Darwell

Birdie Scoggins

Lillian Randolph

Amelia Hooker

Mary Field

Judge Horace Hooker

Charles Arnt

Governor Jonathan Stafford

Thurston Hall

Frank Powers

George Carpenter

Mayor Appleton

John Dilson

Phil, the carpenter

Syd Saylor

Martha, an old crow

Anne O'Neal

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