Bringing Up Baby

1938 · directed by Howard Hawks

Rating

93/100

Hit

yes

Prestige lists

AFI 100

David Huxley is waiting to get a bone he needs for his museum collection. Through a series of strange circumstances, he meets Susan Vance, and the duo have a series of misadventures which include a leopard called Baby.

Bringing Up Baby (1938), directed by Howard Hawks, rates 93/100 — a hit. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

• Katharine Hepburn
• Cary Grant
• Charles Ruggles
• Walter Catlett
• Barry Fitzgerald
• May Robson
• Fritz Feld
• Leona Roberts
• George Irving
• Tala Birell

Crew

• Russell Metty — Director of Photography
• George Hively — Editor
• Roy Webb — Original Music Composer
• Dudley Nichols — Screenplay
• Hagar Wilde — Screenplay
• Howard Hawks — Screenplay

More from Howard Hawks

1. Rio Bravo (1959) — 85/100 · hit
2. His Girl Friday (1940) — 84/100 · hit
3. Red River (1948) — 84/100 · hit
4. Scarface (1932) — 83/100 · hit
5. The Big Sleep (1946) — 83/100 · hit
6. To Have and Have Not (1945) — 83/100 · hit

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