Charley's Aunt
THE GREATEST COMEDIAN OF OUR TIME...in Brandon Thomas' Immortal Comedy!
Genres
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.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
80 min
Release Date
1941-08-01
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Vote Count
6
Vote Average
5.8
Jack Benny
Babbs Babberley
Kay Francis
Donna Lucia
James Ellison
Jack Chesney
Anne Baxter
Amy Spettigue
Edmund Gwenn
Stephen Spettigue
Laird Cregar
Sir Francis Chesney
Reginald Owen
Mr. Redcliffe
Arleen Whelan
Kitty Verdun
Richard Haydn
Charley Wyckham
Ernest Cossart
Brassett
Morton Lowry
Harley Stafford
Will Stanton
Messenger
Lionel Pape
Babberly
Maurice Cass
Octogenarian
C. Montague Shaw
Elderly Professor
Claud Allister
Spectator
William Austin
Spectator
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6.0
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8.3
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7.8
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8.0
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5.3
Charley's Aunt
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6.7
Charley's Aunt
Charles and Peter have passed their law degree and are looking forward to wooing a few girls in the country. For that, they need a chaperone and persuade their fellow student Ditlev to play Charles's aunt from Brazil. Ditlev has a talent for acting and takes the role very seriously, but when Charles's real aunt turns up, things get complicated.
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5.0
Charley's Aunt
Charley Wyckham and Jack Chesney pressure fellow student Fancourt Babberly to pose as Charley's Brazilian Aunt Donna Lucia. Their purpose is to have a chaperone for their amorous visits with Amy and Kitty, niece and ward of crusty Stephen Spettigue. Complications begin when Fancourt, in drag, becomes the love object of old Spettigue and Sir Francis Chesney.
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6.5
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7.0
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7.9
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0.0
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7.2
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0.0
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5.8
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6.9
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5.6
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6.9
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