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Charley's Aunt

Play trailer Charley's Aunt 1941,  1h 21m,  Comedy Play Trailer Watchlist
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Victorian-era Oxford students Charley Wykeham (Richard Haydn) and Jack Chesney (James Ellison) recruit their wealthy playboy friend, Lord Fancourt Babberly (Jack Benny), to impersonate Charley's Brazilian aunt, Donna Lucia, to chaperone a double date the pair have planned. But unbeknownst to the trio, Jack's father (Laird Cregar) happens to be after Donna Lucia's fortune, and the real Donna Lucia (Kay Francis) has come to town incognito to check up on her nephew.
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Archie Mayo

Director

Jack Benny

Babbs Babberley

Kay Francis

Donna Lucia d'Alvadorez

James Ellison

Jack Chesney

Richard Haydn

Charley Wyckham

Laird Cregar

Sir Francis Chesney

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Synopsis Victorian-era Oxford students Charley Wykeham (Richard Haydn) and Jack Chesney (James Ellison) recruit their wealthy playboy friend, Lord Fancourt Babberly (Jack Benny), to impersonate Charley's Brazilian aunt, Donna Lucia, to chaperone a double date the pair have planned. But unbeknownst to the trio, Jack's father (Laird Cregar) happens to be after Donna Lucia's fortune, and the real Donna Lucia (Kay Francis) has come to town incognito to check up on her nephew.
Director
Archie Mayo
Producer
William Perlberg
Screenwriter
George Seaton, Brandon Thomas
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (DVD)
Jun 12, 2007
Runtime
1h 21m
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