Father Is a Bachelor (1950)
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.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 7.474 |
Directed By
Norman Foster
Abby Berlin
Crew
Norman Foster
Abby Berlin
James Edward Grant
Aleen Leslie
S. Sylvan Simon
Jean Louis
Burnett Guffey
Jerome Thoms
Frank Tuttle
Carl Anderson
Arthur Morton
Homer Van Pelt
TOP 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
Frederic Tozere
Jeffrey Gilland Sr.
Peggy Converse
Genevieve Cassin
Arthur Space
Lucius Staley
Warren Farlow
April Chalotte (as Wayne Farlow)
Wayne A. Farlow
April Chalotte (as Wayne Farlow)
Buddy Clark
Johnny Rutledge (singing voice) (uncredited)
Ruby Dandridge
Lily - the Maid (uncredited)
Tommy Ivo
Jeffrey Gilland Jr. (uncredited)
Kermit Maynard
Townsman (uncredited)
Eddy Waller
White (uncredited)
Dooley Wilson
Blue (uncredited)
Hank Worden
Finnegan (uncredited)
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