You Can’t Take It with You

Year: 1938

Runtime: 126 mins

Language: English

Director: Frank Capra

Budget: $1.6M

RomanceComedy

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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