The Ford Theatre Hour The Man Who Came to Dinner (Season 1, Episode 4)
TV Episode | Drama

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The Ford Theatre Hour

The Man Who Came to Dinner (Season 1, Episode 4)

TV Episode | Drama

When acerbic critic Sheridan Whiteside slips on the front steps of a provincial Ohio businessman's home and breaks his hip, he and his entourage take over the house indefinitely.

Director

Marc Daniels

Writers

Moss Hart (play) | George S. Kaufman (play) | Ellis Marcus (adaptation) | Max Wilk (adaptation)

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Updated Jan 16, 1949

Release date

Jan 16, 1949 (United States)

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7 cast members

Name	Known for
Vicki Cummings Maggie Cutler Maggie Cutler See fewer	Broadway Television Theatre (1952)
Edward Everett Horton Sheridan Whiteside Sheridan Whiteside See fewer	Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
Kevin McCarthy Bertram H. 'Bert' Jefferson Bertram H. 'Bert' Jefferson See fewer	Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
Zero Mostel Banjo Banjo See fewer	The Producers (1967)
Rex O'Malley Beverly Carlton Beverly Carlton See fewer	Midnight (1939)
Judy Parrish Lorraine Sheldon Lorraine Sheldon See fewer	Barney Blake, Police Reporter (1948)
Mary Wickes Miss Preen Miss Preen See fewer	Sister Act (1992)