Elwood P. Dowd (James Stewart) disturbs everyone with his friend Harvey. Harvey is a six foot rabbit that no one else can see. This is making a big fuss with his family. His sister (Josephine Hull) lives with him, and talk of Harvey seems to scare any suitor his niece (Victoria Horne) might have. The have had enough and send him to the sanatorium. However when they get there Dr. Sanderson (Charles Drake) hospitalizes the sister instead of Elwood Dowd and all kinds of pandemonium results. Through everything Dowd is calm and peaceful. The niece falls for the orderly (Jesse White) and it is serious. The head doctor, Dr. Chumley (Cecil Kellaway) is upset with Dr. Sanderson for hospitalizing the wrong person, and fires him. In the meantime he finally confesses his love to the nurse (Peggy Dow). And Dr. Chumley sees the rabbit which is a pooka. So in the end nobody ends up in the hospital, and Dr. Sanderson is unfired, and the pooka stays with Elwood.
A funny show in its way, and James Stewart down plays everything and is just happy. And his naiveté leads to two new relationships.
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