George Washington Slept Here
YOU'LL GET HAPPY HYSTERICS in this history-mocking comedy
1942 · 1h 33m · Approved
Comedy
Directed by
William Keighley
Overview
New Yorkers Bill and Connie Fuller have to move from their apartment. Without Bill's knowledge, Connie purchases a delapidated old farmhouse in Pennsylvania, where George Washington was supposed to have actually slept during the American Revolution.
Director and cast
- William Keighley Director
- Jack Benny as Bill Fuller
- Ann Sheridan as Connie Fuller
- Charles Coburn as Uncle Stanley J. Menninger
- Percy Kilbride as Mr. Kimber
- Hattie McDaniel as Hester
- William Tracy as Steve Eldridge
- Joyce Reynolds as Madge
- Lee Patrick as Rena Leslie
- Charles Dingle Cast
- John Emery Cast
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