Ngama-50s, ongenakulibaleka UJames Stewart unenkanyezi eHarvey, ifilimu ethathelwe inoveli kaMary Chase enegama elifanayo., eyayigxile ebudlelwaneni bendoda nonogwaja ongabonakali.
Ingxenye yekhulu leminyaka kamuva USteven Spielberg uhlela ukwenza kabusha leyo filimu, ngezimali ezihlanganyelwe ezivela kwa Izitudiyo ze-Fox ne-DreamWorks. Ulwazi luvela ku Okunhlobonhlobo, ememezela kuwebhusayithi yayo ukuthi uSpielberg uzoba nenguqulo yakhe yesimanje evela kumqondisi we-ET.
Umsebenzi wokubhala we Chase ilandisa i- Impilo ka-Elwood P. Dowd, indoda ekhetheke kakhulu, ehlala ephelezelwa unogwaja ongabonakali. Umdlalo uguqulelwe isikrini esikhulu ngo Henry koster, wabe esebeka inguqulo yakhe ematafuleni I-Broadway. UHarvey uwine lo mklomelo Pulitzer ngo-1944 futhi wahlonishwa kakhulu.
Akukho okwaziwayo mayelana nabalingisi okungenzeka, kodwa abaningi bakhuluma ngokubandakanyeka komlingisi wenyanga kaSpielberg, uTom Hanks. U-Jonathan Tropper uzonikezwa umsebenzi wokubhala umbhalo ngefilimu kaSpielberg, lapho kuzoba khona okokuqala njengombhali wesikrini.
Harvey ine- ukukhishwa okulinganiselwe ekuqaleni kuka-2010.