Bringing Up Baby
A meticulous paleontologist desperate to secure a priceless fossil finds his plans upended when he teams up with a scatterbrained heiress and her mischievous leopard, Baby; together they must navigate chaotic misadventures to save both the specimen and their sanity.
“And so begins the hilarious adventure of Professor David Huxley and Miss Susan Vance, a flutter-brained vixen with love in her heart!”
Synopsis
David Huxley is waiting to receive a bone for his museum collection. A series of unusual events leads him to meet Susan Vance, and together they go through a series of misadventures that involve a leopard named Baby.
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Principal cast & crew: 28
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Edited by George HivelyShot by Russell Metty
Box Office
1938 · Box office
Produced on a $1.1M budget
Production budget
$1.1M
Also known as
- Leoparden küsst man nichtde
- Leoparden küßt man nichtde
- L'Impossible Monsieur Bébéfr
- Susanna!it
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Cast & Crew
28 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Katharine Hepburn
as Susan Vance
Cary Grant
as David Huxley
Charles Ruggles
as Major Applegate
Walter Catlett
as Slocum
Barry Fitzgerald
as Aloysius Gogarty
May Robson
as Aunt Elizabeth
Fritz Feld
as Dr. Lehman
Leona Roberts
as Mrs. Gogarty
George Irving
as Alexander Peabody
Tala Birell
as Mrs. Lehman
Virginia Walker
as Alice Swallow
John Kelly
as Elmer
Supporting cast
11William Benedict
as David's Caddy (uncredited)
Billy Bevan
as Joe (uncredited)
Ward Bond
as Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
Jack Carson
as Circus Roustabout (uncredited)
Judith Ford
as Hatcheck Girl (uncredited)
Edward Gargan
as Zoo Official (uncredited)
Paul Guilfoyle
as (uncredited)
Karl Karchy Kosiczky
as Midget (uncredited)
Skippy
as George (uncredited)
Jack Gardner
as Delivery Man (uncredited)
Herschel Graham
as Waiter (uncredited)
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