The Philadelphia Story
“Broadway's howling year-run comedy hit of the snooty society beauty who slipped and fell - IN LOVE!”
When a rich woman's ex-husband and a tabloid-type reporter turn up just before her planned remarriage, she begins to learn the truth about herself.
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Cast
36 people
Cary Grant
C.K. Dexter Haven
Known for
North by Northwest
Notorious
Katharine Hepburn
Tracy Lord
Known for
Bringing Up Baby
The African Queen
James Stewart
Macaulay 'Mike' Connor
Known for
Rear Window
Vertigo
Ruth Hussey
Elizabeth 'Liz' Imbrie
Known for
The Uninvited
Another Thin Man
John Howard
George Kittredge
Known for
Lost Horizon
The Invisible Woman
Roland Young
Uncle Willie
Known for
And Then There Were None
Topper
John Halliday
Seth Lord
Known for
Peter Ibbetson
Desire
Mary Nash
Margaret Lord
Known for
Easy Living
The Little Princess
Virginia Weidler
Dinah Lord
Known for
The Women
All This, and Heaven Too
Henry Daniell
Sidney Kidd
Known for
The Great Dictator
Witness for the Prosecution
Lionel Pape
Edward
Known for
How Green Was My Valley
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Rex Evans
Thomas
Known for
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man
Pursuit to Algiers
George Cukor Director · Donald Ogden Stewart Screenplay Waldo Salt Screenplay
Worldwide gross $3.3M · Budget $914K · United States release December 5, 1940
Box office
Budget
$914,000
Worldwide gross
$3,300,000
Gross vs. budget
3.6×
Production
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production · Studio
Loew's Incorporated
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · French
Release dates
Portugal · December 5, 1940
TV
United States · December 5, 1940
Limited theatrical
United States
December 26, 1940 · Limited theatrical · New York City, New York
January 17, 1941 · Theatrical
Austria
August 19, 1949 · Theatrical
Finland
May 17, 1942 · Theatrical
France
April 2, 1947 · Theatrical
Germany
February 7, 1950 · Theatrical
Ireland
January 13, 1941 · Theatrical
Italy
April 16, 1947 · Theatrical
Japan
February 10, 1948 · Theatrical
Netherlands
July 13, 2005 · Physical · DVD
Sweden
December 5, 1940 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
January 13, 1941 · Theatrical
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