You Can't Take It with You
You Can't Take It with You
Release: 1938-09-01
·Runtime: 126m
·★ 7.5
Comedy
Romance
Alice, the only relatively normal member of the eccentric Sycamore family, falls in love with Tony Kirby, but his wealthy banker father and snobbish mother strongly disapprove of the match. When the Kirbys are invited to dinner to become better acquainted with their future in-laws, things don't turn out the way Alice had hoped.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Columbia Pictures
Cast
Jean Arthur
as Alice Sycamore
James Stewart
as Tony Kirby
Lionel Barrymore
as Martin Vanderhof
Edward Arnold
as Anthony P. Kirby
Mischa Auer
as Boris Kolenkhov
Ann Miller
as Essie Carmichael
Spring Byington
as Penny Sycamore
Samuel S. Hinds
as Paul Sycamore
Donald Meek
as Mr. Poppins
H.B. Warner
as Mr. Ramsey
Halliwell Hobbes
as Mr. DePinna
Dub Taylor
as Ed Carmichael
Mary Forbes
as Mrs. Anthony P. Kirby
Lillian Yarbo
as Rheba
Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson
as Donald
Clarence Wilson
as John Blakely
Josef Swickard
as Professor
Ann Doran
as Maggie O'Neill
Christian Rub
as Schmidt
Bodil Rosing
as Mrs. Schmidt
Charles Lane
as Henderson
Harry Davenport
as Judge
Irving Bacon
as Henry - the Head Waiter (uncredited)
Ward Bond
as Mike - the Detective (uncredited)
James Burke
as Chief Detective (uncredited)
Eddy Chandler
as Plainclothes Policeman (uncredited)
Anne Cornwall
as Miss Jones - Blakely's Secretary (uncredited)
Nell Craig
as Blakely's Inquisitive Office Worker (uncredited)
Edgar Dearing
as Bill - Plainclothes Policeman (uncredited)
Pat Flaherty
as Police Guard at Courtroom Entrance (uncredited)
Robert Greig
as Lord Melville (uncredited)
Kit Guard
as Inmate Wearing Black Cap (uncredited)
John Hamilton
as Kirby's Dining Guest (uncredited)
Edward Hearn
as Court Attendant (uncredited)
Russell Hicks
as Kirby's Attorney (uncredited)
Edward Keane
as Board Member (uncredited)
Pert Kelton
as Inmate (uncredited)
Edwin Maxwell
as Kirby's Attorney (uncredited)
Frank McLure
as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
James Millican
as Policeman (uncredited)
Edward Peil Sr.
as Neighbor Helping with Move (uncredited)
Ian Wolfe
as Kirby's Secretary (uncredited)
Stanley Andrews
as Attorney to Kirby at Arraignment (uncredited)
Johnny Arthur
as Kirby's Office Aide (uncredited)
Frank Austin
as Neighbor (uncredited)
Joseph E. Bernard
as Neighbor (uncredited)
Beatrice Blinn
as Neighbor (uncredited)
Charles Brinley
as Neighbor (uncredited)
John Ince
as Neighbor (uncredited)
Stella LeSaint
as Neighbor (uncredited)
Margaret Mann
as Neighbor (uncredited)
Tina Marshall
as Neighbor (uncredited)
Fred Parker
as Neighbor (uncredited)
George C. Pearce
as Neighbor (uncredited)
Frances Raymond
as Neighbor (uncredited)
Dorothy Vernon
as Neighbor (uncredited)
Gladys Blake
as Mary (uncredited)
Stanley Brown
as Newsboy (uncredited)
Wallis Clark
as Bill Hughes (uncredited)
Chester Clute
as Hammond (uncredited)
Dick Curtis
as Strongarm Man (uncredited)
Sidney D'Albrook
as Trustee (uncredited)
Lester Dorr
as Reporter (uncredited)
Gene Morgan
as Reporter (uncredited)
Vernon Dent
as Expressman (uncredited)
Kay Deslys
as Woman (uncredited)
Florence Dudley
as Woman (uncredited)
Almeda Fowler
as Woman (uncredited)
Dagmar Oakland
as Woman (uncredited)
Rosemary Theby
as Woman (uncredited)
Oliver Eckhardt
as Man (uncredited)
Jesse Graves
as Man (uncredited)
Louis King
as Man (uncredited)
Bob Kortman
as Man (uncredited)
Cy Schindell
as Man (uncredited)
Harry Semels
as Man (uncredited)
Ernest Shields
as Man (uncredited)
S.S. Simon
as Man at Jail (uncredited)
Victor Travis
as Man (uncredited)
Roland Dupree
as Child Dancer (uncredited)
Edward Earle
as Bank Manager (uncredited)
Jim Farley
as Police Sergeant (uncredited)
Eddie Fetherston
as Worried Neighbor (uncredited)
James Flavin
as Jailer (uncredited)
Byron Foulger
as Kirby's Assistant (uncredited)
Carlton Griffin
as Bank Clerk (uncredited)
Boyd Irwin
as Attorney to Kirby at Arraignment (uncredited)
Eddie Kane
as Attorney to Kirby (uncredited)
Frank Mills
as Trustee (uncredited)
Wedgwood Nowell
as Diner (uncredited)
Blanche Payson
as Matron (uncredited)
Lee Phelps
as Bailiff (uncredited)
Doris Rankin
as Mrs. Leach (uncredited)
Frank Shannon
as Mac (uncredited)
Edwin Stanley
as Executive (uncredited)
Bert Stevens
as Court Bailiff (uncredited)
John Tyrrell
as Strongarm Man (uncredited)
Walter Walker
as Governor Leach (uncredited)
Pierre Watkin
as Attorney to Kirby (uncredited)
Pat West
as Expressman (uncredited)
Larry Wheat
as Kirby's Secretary (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
as Martin's Neighbor in Courtroom (uncredited)
Howard Davies
as Neighbor (uncredited)
Beatrice Hagen
as Woman (uncredited)
Dick Johnstone
as Prisoner (uncredited)
