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Father Is a Bachelor(1950)
Status: Released
Date: 1950-02-22
74%
7 Votes
Time: 1h 23m
WANTED: A MOTHER for five kids. Any girl who accepts is crazy, but so am I. --- Johnny
Overview:
Johnny Rutledge is a drifter who comes to and discovers a cabin in the forest where five kids: January, February, March, April, and May are living without parents. Their parents died a while ago, and they want to keep that secret from the townspeople, especially the young school teacher, Prudence Millett, to avoid being sent to a children's home and eventual separation. Johnny moves in with the kids and poses as their uncle to take care of them while romancing Prudence. But in order to keep the children, he has to get married.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
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Movie: Father Is a Bachelor
Top 10 Billed Cast
William Holden
Johnny Rutledge
Coleen Gray
Prudence Millett
Mary Jane Saunders
May Chalotte
Charles Winninger
Professor Mordecai Ford
Stuart Erwin
Constable Pudge Barnham
Clinton Sundberg
Plato Cassin
Gary Gray
Jan Chalotte
Sig Ruman
Jericho Schlosser
Billy Gray
Feb Chalotte
Lloyd Corrigan
Judge Millett
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Overview
Johnny Rutledge is a drifter who comes to and discovers a cabin in the forest where five kids: January, February, March, April, and May are living without parents. Their parents died a while ago, and they want to keep that secret from the townspeople, especially the young school teacher, Prudence Millett, to avoid being sent to a children's home and eventual separation. Johnny moves in with the kids and poses as their uncle to take care of them while romancing Prudence. But in order to keep the children, he has to get married.
Release Date
1950-02-22
Average
7.4
Rating:
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WANTED: A MOTHER for five kids. Any girl who accepts is crazy, but so am I. --- Johnny
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