It Happened on Fifth Avenue
It's 1947's Richest Comedy!
ComedyRomanceMusicnew york cityhomeless personholidaynew year's daymansionmillionairebumassumed identitymanhattan, new york cityhomeless mansquattingchristmas
A lighthearted holiday comedy about a homeless man who squats in a mansion and builds an unlikely found family, celebrating generosity and human connection over class boundaries.
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.
Essence
Ensemble
Don DeFore
Jim Bullock
Ann Harding
Mary O'Connor
Charles Ruggles
Michael J. 'Mike' O'Connor
Victor Moore
Aloysius T. McKeever
Gale Storm
Trudy O'Connor
Grant Mitchell
Al Farrow
Edward Brophy
Gates Patrolman Cecil Felton
Alan Hale Jr.
Whitey Temple
Dorothea Kent
Margie Temple
Edward Ryan
Hank
Cathy Carter
Alice
Charles Lane
Landlord (uncredited)
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