Harvey

James Stewart shines in this tale of an eccentric, mild-mannered man whose closest friend is an invisible six-foot rabbit.

• Director
  Henry Koster
• With
  James Stewart, Josephine Hull, Peggy Dow
• USA 1950. 104min
• Digital
• Certificate
  U

Elwood P. Dowd is an eccentric whose best friend is an invisible 6-foot-tall rabbit named Harvey. Elwood’s family are outcasts within their community, so they decide to seek professional help for him. But are their concerns for Elwood founded, or does Harvey actually exist? Adapted from Mary Coyle Chase’s Pulitzer Prize-winning stage play, Harvey features James Stewart at his homespun best, firing on all cylinders as the loveable Elwood.

*See the BFI Southbank website to buy your ticket. The film is being shown in NFT1 (the largest of the four screens at this venue). You may wish to add a comment regarding your seat number so that others can join you (or sit nearby). We normally meet before the film briefly, and go for a (optional) drink or snack afterwards.

*PLEASE NOTE: My attendance for this one is TBC closer to the time due to railway engineering works in my area on this date.

Dave