George Washington Slept Here

George Washington Slept Here

YOU'LL GET HAPPY HYSTERICS in this history-mocking comedy

NR 1942 · 93 min · ★ 6.5 · Comedy

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.

Directed by William Keighley · Written by Everett Freeman

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