It Happened on Fifth Avenue

Apr 17, 1947

1h 56m

★ 7.0

It's 1947's Richest Comedy!

Overview

A New Yorker hobo moves into a mansion and along the way he gathers friends to live in the house with him. Before he knows it, he is living with the actual home owners.

Genres

Comedy

Romance

Music

Production Companies

Roy Del Ruth Productions

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Cast

Jim Bullock

Don DeFore

Mary O'Connor

Ann Harding

Michael J. 'Mike' O'Connor

Charles Ruggles

Aloysius T. McKeever

Victor Moore

Trudy O'Connor

Gale Storm

Al Farrow

Grant Mitchell

Gates Patrolman Cecil Felton

Edward Brophy

Whitey Temple

Alan Hale Jr.

Margie Temple

Dorothea Kent

Hank

Edward Ryan

Alice

Cathy Carter

Landlord (uncredited)

Charles Lane

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