"You're invited... to a hilarious wedding!"

1950

1h 32m

7.0(212 votes)

Comedy

Romance

Drama

Overview

Proud father Stanley Banks remembers the day his daughter, Kay, got married. Starting when she announces her engagement through to the wedding itself, we learn of all the surprises and disasters along the way.

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93 members

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Spencer Tracy

Stanley T. Banks

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Joan Bennett

Ellie Banks

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Elizabeth Taylor

Kay Banks

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Don Taylor

Buckley Dunstan

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Billie Burke

Doris Dunstan

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Leo G. Carroll

Mr. Massoula

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Moroni Olsen

Herbert Dunstan

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Melville Cooper

Mr. Tringle

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Taylor Holmes

Warner

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Paul Harvey

Reverend Galsworthy

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Frank Orth

Joe

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Russ Tamblyn

Tommy Banks

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Tom Irish

Ben Banks

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Marietta Canty

Delilah

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Richard Alexander

Moving Man with Screen (uncredited)

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Don Anderson

Usher (uncredited)

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William Bailey

Man in Dream Sequence (uncredited)

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Fay Baker

Miss Bellamy (uncredited)

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Lucile Barnes

Bridesmaid (uncredited)

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Oliver Blake

Engagement Party Guest (uncredited)

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Lillian Bronson

Schoolteacher (uncredited)

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Joe Brown Jr.

Moving Man (uncredited)

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Frank Cady

Timid Engagement Party Guest (uncredited)

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Aileen Carlyle

Engagement Party Guest (uncredited)

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Carleton Carpenter

Party Guest / Usher With Coke (uncredited)

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Gene Coogan

Barman (uncredited)

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Paul Cristo

Waiter (uncredited)

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Oliver Cross

Wedding Guest (uncredited)

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Lucille Curtis

Wedding Guest (uncredited)

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Roy Damron

Reception Guest (uncredited)

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Boyd Davis

Engagement Party Guest (uncredited)

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Chris Drake

Usher (uncredited)

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Jacqueline Duval

Peg (uncredited)

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Ella Ethridge

Woman in Dream Sequence (uncredited)

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Estelle Etterre

Wedding Guest (uncredited)

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Betty Farrington

Wedding Guest (uncredited)

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Janey Fay

Bridesmaid (uncredited)

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Charles Ferguson

Wedding Guest (uncredited)

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Bess Flowers

Wedding Reception Guest (uncredited)

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Edward Gargan

Moving Man with Door (uncredited)

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Mickey Golden

Barman (uncredited)

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Herschel Graham

Wedding Guest (uncredited)

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William E. Greene

Sad-Faced Engagement Party Guest (uncredited)

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William Haade

Policeman (uncredited)

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Sherry Hall

Engagement Party Guest (uncredited)

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Bradford Hatton

Florist (uncredited)

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Jim Hayward

Moving Man (uncredited)

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Thomas Browne Henry

Stranger (uncredited)

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Stuart Holmes

Wedding Guest in Dream Sequence (uncredited)

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Art Howard

Wedding Guest (uncredited)

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Frank Hyers

Duffy - Cameraman (uncredited)

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Walter Kelley

Usher (uncredited)

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Ann Kunde

Woman in Dream Sequence (uncredited)

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Peggy Leon

Wedding Guest (uncredited)

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Beverly Luff

Wedding Reception Guest (uncredited)

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Billy Mahan

Usher (uncredited)

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Thomas Martin

Waiter (uncredited)

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Paul Maxey

Party Guest

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Paul Maxey

Fat Man (uncredited)

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Mickey McCardle

Engagement Party Guest (uncredited)

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Philo McCullough

Wedding Guest (uncredited)

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Russell Meeker

Reception Guest (uncredited)

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Harold Miller

Wedding Guest (uncredited)

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Patricia Miller

Wispy Girl (uncredited)

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Roger Moore

Engagement Party Guest (uncredited)

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Sol Murgi

Reception Guest (uncredited)

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Forbes Murray

Wedding Guest (uncredited)

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William H. O'Brien

Waiter (uncredited)

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Gil Perkins

Moving Man (uncredited)

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Ralph Peters

Moving Man with Marquee (uncredited)

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Lee Phelps

Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)

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Dorothy Phillips

Woman in Nightmare Sequence (uncredited)

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William Phillips

Foreman of Moving Men (uncredited)

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Frank Richards

Truck Driver (uncredited)

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Dewey Robinson

Moving Man with Lamp (uncredited)

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Fred Santley

Wedding Guest (uncredited)

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Cosmo Sardo

Wedding Guest (uncredited)

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Scott Seaton

Wedding Guest (uncredited)

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Erin Selwyn

Bridesmaid (uncredited)

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Charles Smith

Usher (uncredited)

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Mary Jane Smith

Effie (uncredited)

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Douglas Spencer

Fritz the Organist (uncredited)

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Harry Stanton

Wedding Guest (uncredited)

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Larry Steers

Wedding Guest (uncredited)

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Brick Sullivan

Moving Man (uncredited)

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Floyd Taylor

Usher (uncredited)

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Peter M. Thompson

Usher (uncredited)

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Nancy Valentine

Fliss (uncredited)

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Wendy Waldron

Bridesmaid (uncredited)

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Johnny Walsh

Western Union Boy (uncredited)

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Willard Waterman

Vincent Dixon (uncredited)

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Dick Wessel

Moving Man with Chandelier (uncredited)

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Jeff York

Policeman (uncredited)

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