Directed by:
Howard HawksCinematography:
Russell MettyComposer:
Roy WebbCast:
Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, Charles Ruggles, Walter Catlett, Barry Fitzgerald, May Robson, Fritz Feld, Leona Roberts, Tala Birell, Ward Bond, Jack Carson (more)Plots(1)
Screwball sparks fly when Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn let loose in one of the fastest and funniest films ever made. A high-wire act of invention that took American screen comedy to new heights of absurdity. Hoping to procure a million-dollar endowment from a wealthy society matron for his museum, a hapless palaeontologist (Grant) finds himself entangled with a dizzy heiress (Hepburn) as the manic misadventures pile up - a missing dinosaur bone, a leopard on the loose, and plenty of gender bending mayhem among them. Bringing Up Baby's sophisticated dialogue, spontaneous performances, and giddy innuendo come together in a whirlwind of comic chaos captured with lightning-in-a-bottle brio by director Howard Hawks. (Criterion)
(more)Cast
Katharine Hepburn
USA
Best movies:
Song of Love (1947)
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)
On Golden Pond (1981)
Cary Grant
UK
Best movies:
North by Northwest (1959)
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Charles Ruggles
USA
Best movies:
The Parent Trap (1961)
Bringing Up Baby (1938)
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Walter Catlett
USA
Best movies:
It Started with Eve (1941)
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Barry Fitzgerald
Ireland
Best movies:
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Bringing Up Baby (1938)
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May Robson
Australia
Best movies:
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938)
Bringing Up Baby (1938)
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Fritz Feld
German Empire
Best movies:
Barefoot in the Park (1967)
You Gotta Stay Happy (1948)
Heidi's Song (1982)
Leona Roberts
USA
Best movies:
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Bringing Up Baby (1938)
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Tala Birell
Romania
Best movies:
Song of Love (1947)
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Bringing Up Baby (1938)
Ward Bond
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Fury (1936)
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Jack Carson
Canada
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Dickie Moore
USA
Best movies:
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Bringing Up Baby (1938)
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Frank Marlowe
USA
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North by Northwest (1959)
The Three Faces of Eve (1957)
In a Lonely Place (1950)
Ralph Brooks
USA
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Love Crazy (1941)
Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
It Started with Eve (1941)
William 'Billy' Benedict
USA
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The Killing (1956)
Larry Steers
USA
Best movies:
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Love Crazy (1941)
Stanley Blystone
USA
Best movies:
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Billy Bevan
Australia
Best movies:
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Mrs. Miniver (1942)
Pat O'Malley
USA
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Days of Wine and Roses (1962)
Gentleman Jim (1942)
Jack Gardner
USA
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