George Washington Slept Here

George Washington Slept Here

Infobox Film
name = George Washington Slept Here


image_size =
caption =
director = William Keighley
producer = Jerry Wald
writer = Play:
Moss Hart
George S. Kaufman
Screenplay:
Everett Freeman
narrator =
starring = Jack Benny
Ann Sheridan
music = Adolph Deutsch
cinematography = Ernest Haller
editing = Ralph Dawson
distributor = Warner Bros.
released = November 28 fy|1942
runtime = 93 minutes
country = FilmUS
language = English
budget =
gross =
imdb_id = 0034780

"George Washington Slept Here" is a fy|1942 comedy film starring Jack Benny and Ann Sheridan as New Yorkers who purchase a dilapidated farmhouse where, according to rumors, George Washington spent the night. It was based on the 1940 play of the same name by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman, adapted by Everett Freeman, and was directed by William Keighley. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Art Direction.

Cast

*Jack Benny as Bill Fuller
*Ann Sheridan as Connie Fuller
*Charles Coburn as Uncle Stanley J. Menninger
*Percy Kilbride as Mr. Kimble, the handyman
*Hattie McDaniel as Hester, the Fullers' maid
*William Tracy as Steve Eldridge
*Joyce Reynolds as Madge
*Lee Patrick as Rena Leslie
*Charles Dingle as Mr. Prescott
*John Emery as Clayton Evans
*Douglas Croft as Raymond
*Harvey Stephens as Jeff Douglas

ee also

*"Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House"
*"The Money Pit"

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