Bringing Up Baby
“And so begins the hilarious adventure of Professor David Huxley and Miss Susan Vance, a flutter-brained vixen with love in her heart!”
David Huxley is waiting to get a bone he needs for his museum collection. Through a series of strange circumstances, he meets Susan Vance, and the duo have a series of misadventures which include a leopard called Baby.
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Cast
23 people
Katharine Hepburn
Susan
Known for
The African Queen
The Philadelphia Story
Cary Grant
David
Known for
North by Northwest
Notorious
Charles Ruggles
Major Applegate
Known for
The Bullwinkle Show
The Parent Trap
Walter Catlett
Slocum
Known for
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
The Front Page
Barry Fitzgerald
Mr. Gogarty
Known for
And Then There Were None
The Naked City
May Robson
Aunt Elizabeth
Known for
A Star Is Born
Lady for a Day
Fritz Feld
Dr. Lehman
Known for
Barefoot in the Park
Silent Movie
Leona Roberts
Mrs. Gogarty
Known for
Boomerang!
George Irving
Mr. Peabody
Known for
Island of Lost Souls
Son of Dracula
Tala Birell
Mrs. Lehman
Known for
Crime and Punishment
Virginia Walker
Alice Swallow
Also in
The Caribbean Mystery
John Kelly
Elmer
Known for
Black Friday
Howard Hawks Director · Dudley Nichols Screenplay Hagar Wilde Screenplay
Worldwide gross $1.1M · Budget $1.1M · United States release February 18, 1938
Box office
Budget
$1,073,000
Worldwide gross
$1,109,000
Gross vs. budget
1.0×
Production
RKO Radio Pictures
Production
RKO
Studio · Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · February 16, 1938
Premiere · San Francisco, California
United States · February 18, 1938
Theatrical
Brazil
March 7, 1938 · Theatrical · IMDB
France
January 1, 1941 · Theatrical
Germany
March 18, 1966 · Theatrical
Italy
December 6, 2022 · TV · Byoblu
Japan
August 17, 1939 · Theatrical
Spain
January 20, 1941 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
March 2, 1938 · Theatrical
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