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Quick Info

Rating

7.5/10

Release1938

Runtime2h 6m

StatusReleased

Budget$1,644,736

Revenue$7,433,101

Production

Columbia Pictures

Movie

You Can't Take It with You

1938

2h 6m

7.5

Comedy

Romance

Synopsis

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.

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