Charley's Aunt

Aug 1, 1941

1h 20m

★ 5.8

THE GREATEST COMEDIAN OF OUR TIME...in Brandon Thomas' Immortal Comedy!

Overview

In 1890, two students at Oxford force their rascally friend and fellow student to pose as an aunt from Brazil--where the nuts come from.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

20th Century Fox

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Cast

Babbs Babberley

Jack Benny

Donna Lucia

Kay Francis

Jack Chesney

James Ellison

Amy Spettigue

Anne Baxter

Stephen Spettigue

Edmund Gwenn

Sir Francis Chesney

Laird Cregar

Mr. Redcliffe

Reginald Owen

Kitty Verdun

Arleen Whelan

Charley Wyckham

Richard Haydn

Brassett

Ernest Cossart

Harley Stafford

Morton Lowry

Messenger

Will Stanton

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