Father Is a Bachelor (1950)
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Father is a Bachelor is a pleasant throwback to the "rural" comedies of the 1930s. William Holden plays Johnny Rutledge, a philosophical hobo to whom fishing is the only reason for living. Rutledge is forced to take a few jolts of responsibility when he crosses the path of five orphans. The kids decide to "adopt" Johnny and find him a bride--preferably small-town girl Prudence Millett (Colleen Gray). Charles Winninger steals the film from everyone--even those five urchins--as a medicine-show charlatan named Professor Mordecai Ford. One of the children is played by Billy Gray, of Father Knows Best fame. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- William Holden, Coleen Gray, (more)
- Director(s):
- Abby Berlin, Norman Foster, (more)
Synopsis of Father Is a Bachelor
Father is a Bachelor is a pleasant throwback to the "rural" comedies of the 1930s. William Holden plays Johnny Rutledge, a philosophical hobo to whom fishing is the only reason for living. Rutledge is forced to take a few jolts of responsibility when he crosses the path of five orphans. The kids decide to "adopt" Johnny and find him a bride--preferably small-town girl Prudence Millett (Colleen Gray). Charles Winninger steals the film from everyone--even those five urchins--as a medicine-show charlatan named Professor Mordecai Ford. One of the children is played by Billy Gray, of Father Knows Best fame. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of Father Is a Bachelor
- William Holden - Johnny Rutledge
- Mary Jane Saunders - May Chalotte
- Stuart Erwin - Pudge Barnham
- Gary Gray - Jan Chalotte
- Lloyd Corrigan - Judge Millett
- Peggy Converse - Genevieve Cassin
- Warren Farlow - March
- Ruby Dandridge - Maid
- Al Thompson - Court Clerk
- Eddy Waller - White
- William Tannen - Willis
- Billy Gray - Feb Chalotte
- Coleen Gray - Prudence Millett
- Charles Winninger - Prof. Mordecai Ford
- Clinton Sundberg - Plato Cassin
- Sig Rumann - Jericho Schlosser
- Frederic Tozere - Jeffrey Gilland, Sr.
- Arthur Space - Lucius Staley
- Wayne Farlow - April
- Tom Kingston - Bit
- Tommy Ivo - Jeffrey Gilland, Jr.
- Hank Worden - Finnegan
- Dooley Wilson - Blue
- Director(s):
- Abby Berlin, Norman Foster
- Writer(s):
- James Edward Grant, Aleen Leslie
- Producer(s):
- S. Sylvan Simon
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