Harvey was released on December 21, 1950. The comedy/drama stars James Stewart as Elwood P. Dowd, whose best friend is an invisible rabbit named Harvey. Elwood's eccentric friend has made his sister and niece social outcasts in their small town. Finally, they arrange Elwood to be committed to a sanatorium - and that doesn't end up being so easy as they think. Harvey was based on the 1944 play by Mary Chase. Stewart had starred in a stage production of Harvey in London for six months. He later sa

Remembering James Stewart in... Harvey 🎥 a 1950 American comedy-drama film based on Mary Chase's 1944 play of the same name, directed by Henry Koster, and starring James Stewart and Josephine Hull. The story is about a man whose best friend is a pooka named Harvey – in the form of a six-foot-3.5 in. invisible rabbit. | Because We Love Classic Cinema