Father Is a Bachelor (1950)
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.
Directors:
Norman Foster, Abby Berlin.
Writer:
Aleen Leslie
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William Holden as Johnny Rutledge |
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Coleen Gray as Prudence Millett |
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Mary Jane Saunders as May Chalotte |
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Charles Winninger as Professor Mordecai Ford |
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Stuart Erwin as Constable Pudge Barnham |
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Clinton Sundberg as Plato Cassin |
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Gary Gray as Jan Chalotte |
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Sig Ruman as Jericho Schlosser |
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Billy Gray as Feb Chalotte |
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Lloyd Corrigan as Judge Millett |
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Frederic Tozere as Jeffrey Gilland Sr. |
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Peggy Converse as Genevieve Cassin |
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Arthur Space as Lucius Staley |
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Warren Farlow as April Chalotte (as Wayne Farlow) |
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Wayne A. Farlow as April Chalotte (as Wayne Farlow) |
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Buddy Clark as Johnny Rutledge (singing voice) (uncredited) |
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Ruby Dandridge as Lily - the Maid (uncredited) |
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Tommy Ivo as Jeffrey Gilland Jr. (uncredited) |
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Kermit Maynard as Townsman (uncredited) |
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Eddy Waller as White (uncredited) |
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Dooley Wilson as Blue (uncredited) |
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Hank Worden as Finnegan (uncredited) |
| Directing | Norman Foster | Director |
| Directing | Abby Berlin | Director |
| Writing | James Edward Grant | Story |
| Writing | Aleen Leslie | Screenplay |
| Production | S. Sylvan Simon | Producer |
| Sound | Arthur Morton | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Burnett Guffey | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Jerome Thoms | Editor |
| Art | Carl Anderson | Art Direction |
| Art | Frank Tuttle | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jean Louis | Costume Design |
| Camera | Homer Van Pelt | Still Photographer |