Jimmy Stewart returns to the part he had admirably created on Broadway in Henry Koster’s popular screen adaptation of Mary Cross's 1944 Pulitzer Prize winning play of the same name.  It’s impossible to imagine any other actor embodying the central figure of the genial drunk Elwood P. Dowd, who communicates with a huge rabbit.

Paul Mazursky's “Harry and Tonto” is a sentimental, life-affirming serio comedy, slightly lifted above a routine TV of the Week by the lead performance of Art Carney, who won the Best Actor Oscar.

Paul Mazursky's “Harry and Tonto” is a sentimental, life-affirming serio comedy, slightly lifted above a routine TV of the Week by the lead performance of Art Carney, who won the Best Actor Oscar.

Oscar Nominations: 1

Original Screenplay: Preston Sturges

Oscar Nominations: 1 Costume Design: Joe I. Tomkins Oscar Awards: None   Oscar Context: The winner was Phyllis Dalton for Henry V. Share this: