Harvey

Story

Synopsis

An unlikely hero, Elwood P. Dowd. This mild-mannered-but-eccentric bachelor has, for several years, happily kept company with Harvey, a six-foot-tall rabbit that only he can see. All's well until Elwood's social-climbing sister, Veta, and her teenage daughter, Myrtle Mae, come to live with him and fear his odd behavior will undermine their ambitions. When Elwood disrupts the ladies' first afternoon tea party by introducing wealthy Aunt Ethel Chauvenet to Harvey, Veta sees that something must be done right away. She takes compliant Elwood to the Chumley Rest Home, leaving him in the car while she tells a Dr. Sanderson all about Elwood and Harvey. Sanderson concludes that Veta is the psychotic one and has her carted off to be committed. Meanwhile Elwood is treated with respect and dignity in light of his sister's mental state. When Dr. Chumley, head of the rest home, returns and hears of the case, he draws the opposite conclusion-that Elwood in fact hallucinates.

Director

George Schaefer

Writers

Joseph Dougherty, Mary Chase

Language

English

Country

United States of America

Release date

19 October 1996

Ensemble

Cast

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  Harry Anderson

  Elwood P. Dowd

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  Leslie Nielsen

  Dr. Chumley

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  Swoosie Kurtz

  Veta Simmons

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  Jonathan Banks

  C.J. Lofgren

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  Jessica Hecht

  Miss Ruth Kelly

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  William Schallert

  Judge Gaffney

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  Lisa Akey

  Myrtle Mae Simmons

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  Robert Wisden

  Dr. Sanderson

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  Lynda Boyd

  Mrs. Chumley

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  Sheila Moore

  Mrs. Chauvenet

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  Sheelah Megill

  Miss Tewksbury

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  Lisa Robin Kelly

  Mrs. Greenwalt