Movie: Father Is a Bachelor

Top 10 Billed Cast

William Holden
William Holden

Johnny Rutledge

Coleen Gray
Coleen Gray

Prudence Millett

Mary Jane Saunders
Mary Jane Saunders

May Chalotte

Charles Winninger
Charles Winninger

Professor Mordecai Ford

Stuart Erwin
Stuart Erwin

Constable Pudge Barnham

Clinton Sundberg
Clinton Sundberg

Plato Cassin

Gary Gray
Gary Gray

Jan Chalotte

Sig Ruman
Sig Ruman

Jericho Schlosser

Billy Gray
Billy Gray

Feb Chalotte

Lloyd Corrigan
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:

    3.7 starts
  • Tagline

    WANTED: A MOTHER for five kids. Any girl who accepts is crazy, but so am I. --- Johnny

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  • Languages:

    English
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