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Rhubarb

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1hr 35min
Genre:
Comedy
Release:
1951
Director:
Arthur Lubin
Distributor:
Paramount Pictures/Legend Films
Starring:
Ray Milland, Jan Sterling, Gene Lockhart  ...more
Synopsis: Rhubarb is an amusing, if not entirely faithful, adaptation of the H. Allen Smith novel of the same name. When Thaddeus J. Banner (Gene Lockhart), multimillionaire owner of the Brooklyn baseball team, passes away, he wills the team -- and his $30 million estate -- to his pugnacious pet cat Rhubarb. Banner's press agent Eric Yeagar (Ray Milland) finds this hilarious, until he discovers that he's been appointed Rhubarb's guardian and business manager. One of the crosses Yeagar has to bear is the fact ... Full Synopsis
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Craig Butler
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A somewhat unusual and mildly diverting baseball comedy, Rhubarb is a pleasant enough (and undemanding enough) way to while away 90 minutes or so. It's also a bit of a disappointment, for Rhubarb is a film that often seems on the brink of catching fire and taking off but never seems able to quite capture that needed spark. Part of the problem, perhaps, is the title character; Rhubarb is too feisty ... Full Review
Featured Cast
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Ray Milland
Eric Yeager
Jan Sterling
Polly Sickles
Gene Lockhart
Thaddeus J. Banner
William Frawley
Len Sickles
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