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It Happened on Fifth Avenue

It Happened on Fifth Avenue

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It Happened on Fifth Avenue

"It's 1947's Richest Comedy!"

1947

1h 56m

7.1(87 votes)

Comedy

Romance

Music

Overview

A New Yorker hobo moves into a mansion and along the way he gathers friends to live in the house with him. Before he knows it, he is living with the actual home owners.

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10 featured cast members

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Don DeFore

Don DeFore

Jim Bullock

Ann Harding

Ann Harding

Mary O'Connor

Charles Ruggles

Charles Ruggles

Michael J. 'Mike' O'Connor

Victor Moore

Victor Moore

Aloysius T. McKeever

Gale Storm

Gale Storm

Trudy O'Connor

Grant Mitchell

Grant Mitchell

Al Farrow

Edward Brophy

Edward Brophy

Gates Patrolman Cecil Felton

Alan Hale Jr.

Alan Hale Jr.

Whitey Temple

Dorothea Kent

Dorothea Kent

Margie Temple

Edward Ryan

Edward Ryan

Hank

Creative team

Directed by: Roy Del Ruth
Written by: Everett Freeman
Herbert Clyde Lewis
Produced by: Roy Del Ruth

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