Film

Bringing Up Baby

1938 · 1h 42m · Comedy · Romance

And so begins the hilarious adventure of Professor David Huxley and Miss Susan Vance, a flutter-brained vixen with love in her heart!

IMDb

7.8

Rotten Tomatoes

97%

Metacritic

91

David Huxley is waiting to get a bone he needs for his museum collection. Through a series of strange circumstances, he meets Susan Vance, and the duo have a series of misadventures which include a leopard called Baby.

Katharine Hepburn

Susan

Cary Grant

David

Charles Ruggles

Major Applegate

Walter Catlett

Slocum

Barry Fitzgerald

Mr. Gogarty

May Robson

Aunt Elizabeth

Fritz Feld

Dr. Lehman

Leona Roberts

Mrs. Gogarty

George Irving

Mr. Peabody

Tala Birell

Mrs. Lehman

Virginia Walker

Alice Swallow

John Kelly

Elmer

William Benedict

David's Caddy (uncredited)

Billy Bevan

Joe (uncredited)

Ward Bond

Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)

Jack Carson

Circus Roustabout (uncredited)

• Howard HawksDirector · Producer
• Dudley NicholsScreenplay
• Hagar WildeScreenplay · Story
• Russell MettyDirector of Photography
• Roy WebbOriginal Music Composer
• George HivelyEditor

Original Theatrical TrailerOfficial TrailerTrailer

Release date

February 18, 1938

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 42m

Rated

NR

Budget

$1,073,000

Genres

Comedy, Romance

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