Harvey
The Wonderful Pulitzer Prize Play … becomes one of the Great Motion Pictures of our Time!
The story of Elwood P. Dowd who makes friends with a spirit taking the form of a human-sized rabbit named Harvey that only he sees (and a few privileged others on occasion also.) After his sister tries to commit him to a mental institution, a comedy of errors ensues. Elwood and Harvey become the catalysts for a family mending its wounds and for romance blossoming in unexpected places.
- Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
- Studio: Universal International Pictures
- Keyword: sanatorium, based on play or musical, imaginary friend, mental institution, black and white, police officer, rabbit, mental illness, screwball comedy, commitment, brother sister relationship
- Cast: James Stewart, Josephine Hull, Peggy Dow, Charles Drake, Cecil Kellaway, Victoria Horne