A nonstop profusion of hilarious calamities, coincidences, and misunderstandings ensue when an accident-prone heiress turns a sheltered scientist's life upside down. Dr. David Huxley is a straitlaced paleontologist juggling three important events at once: the arrival of an extremely rare bone needed to complete his brontosaurus skeleton; a meeting to ask for a million dollars for his museum from a wealthy donor; and his impending marriage to the humorless Miss Swallow. Into David's life comes Susan, a free-spirited young woman who seems to bring trouble wherever she goes. Thanks to Susan, David finds himself involved in one ridiculous situation after another, and soon the two are prowling around a country estate looking for the missing dinosaur bone, hunting for a lost pet leopard named Baby, and somehow falling in love. Grant and Hepburn form a sharp-witted and hysterical comic duo, and Howard Hawks directs "Bringing Up Baby" with the control of a master, creating a shining example of brilliant screwball comedy.
Cast:
Cary Grant - David Huxley
Katharine Hepburn - Susan Vance
Charles Ruggles - Horace Applegate
Walter Catlett - Constable Slocum
Barry Fitzgerald - Mr. Gogarty
May Robson - Aunt Elizabeth Random
Fritz Feld - Fritz Lehman
Leona Roberts - Hannah Gogarty
George Irving - Alexander Peabody
Tala Birell - Mrs. Lehman
Virginia Walker - Alice Swallow
John Kelly - Elmer
Asta - George, the Dog
Nissa - Baby, the Leopard
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