You Can't Take It with You poster
Director Frank Capra
Writer Moss Hart, George S. Kaufman
Screenplay Robert Riskin

You Can't Take It with You

Tagline: You'll love them all for giving you the swellest time you've ever had!

Release Date: 1938-09-01

Duration: 126 minutes

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.

Casting

  • James Stewart
    Tony Kirby
  • Edward Arnold
    Anthony P. Kirby
  • Ward Bond
    Mike - the Detective (uncredited)
  • Edgar Dearing
    Bill - Plainclothes Policeman (uncredited)
  • Byron Foulger
    Kirby's Assistant (uncredited)
  • Bert Stevens
    Court Bailiff (uncredited)
  • Spring Byington
    Penny Sycamore
  • Ann Doran
    Maggie O'Neill
  • Bess Flowers
    Martin's Neighbor in Courtroom
  • Lionel Barrymore
    Grandpa Martin Vanderhof