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Film / 1942
The Great Gildersleeve
Directed by
Gordon Douglas
A small-town blowhard runs for water commissioner while fighting to win custody of his niece and nephew.
The story
A small-town blowhard runs for water commissioner while fighting to win custody of his niece and nephew.
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The Great Gildersleeve Collection
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Cast
Harold PearyThrockmorton P. Gildersleeve
Freddie MercerLeroy Forrester
Nancy GatesMarjorie 'Margie' Forrester
Jane DarwellAunt Emma Forrester
Lillian RandolphBirdie Scoggins
Mary FieldAmelia Hooker
Charles ArntJudge Horace Hooker
Thurston HallGovernor Jonathan Stafford
George CarpenterFrank Powers
John DilsonMayor Appleton
Syd SaylorPhil, the carpenter
Anne O'NealMartha, an old crow
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