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You Can’t Take It with You (1938) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1938 · 126 mins · English
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- Directed by
- Frank Capra
- Starring
- Ward Bond, Donald Meek, Dub Taylor, James Stewart, Irving Bacon, James Flavin
- Budget
- $1.6M
Alice, the only relatively normal member of the chaotic Sycamore family, falls for Tony Kirby. Tony's wealthy banker father and snobbish mother disapprove of the match. When the Kirbys are invited to a dinner with the Sycamores to meet their future in‑laws, the eccentric relatives' antics turn the evening into a farcical showdown, thwarting Alice's hopes.
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