The Great Gildersleeve (1942)
A small-town blowhard runs for water commissioner while fighting to win custody of his niece and nephew.
- Released
- 1942-12-17
- Genres
- Comedy
- Runtime
- 62 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Gordon Douglas, Jack Townley, Julien Josephson
- TMDB rating
- 6.2/10 from 6 votes
Cast
- Harold Peary as Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve
- Freddie Mercer as Leroy Forrester
- Nancy Gates as Marjorie 'Margie' Forrester
- Jane Darwell as Aunt Emma Forrester
- Lillian Randolph as Birdie Scoggins
- Mary Field as Amelia Hooker
- Charles Arnt as Judge Horace Hooker
- Thurston Hall as Governor Jonathan Stafford
- George Carpenter as Frank Powers
- John Dilson as Mayor Appleton
- Syd Saylor as Phil, the carpenter
- Anne O'Neal as Martha, an old crow
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