Man Who Came to Dinner, The (1942)

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Bombastic author Sheridan Whiteside (Monty Woolley, in a role Brian Blessed was born to play) slips and injures himself while suffering a dinner, on his lecture tour, at the home of the Stanley family (Grant Mitchell, Billie Burke). Bound to a wheelchair, he turns their house upside-down.

You can tell that it was based on a stage play -- most of the action takes place in one room -- but it turns wonderfully farcical. Various characters' plots spiral out of control until being resolved in a series of very silly twists. Great fun.

- Sam - 2023-09-17 11:38:24