George Washington Slept Here
YOU'LL GET HAPPY HYSTERICS in this history-mocking comedy
1942 · 93 min · ★ 6.4 · 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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Jack Benny Bill Fuller -
Ann Sheridan Connie Fuller -
Charles Coburn Stanley Menninger -
Percy Kilbride Mr. Kimber -
Hattie McDaniel Hester -
William Tracy Steve Eldridge -
Joyce Reynolds Madge -
Lee Patrick Rena Leslie -
Charles Dingle Mr. Prescott -
John Emery Clayton Evans -
Douglas Croft Raymond -
Harvey Stephens Jeff Douglas
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