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6.5/10   132 votes
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Director:
John M. Stahl
Writers:
Clifford Goldsmith (story)
Aleen Leslie (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
22 December 1949 (Australia) more
Genre:
Comedy | Sport more
Tagline:
I wanted to live DANGEROUSLY so I married a football coach (who lost every game)
Plot:
Football coach George Cooper has as many problems managing his football team as he has at home dealing with his daughters, Ellen and Connie. full summary | add synopsis
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Pleasant Family Comedy, Just Before TV -- Which It Resembles more

Cast

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Fred MacMurray ... George 'Coop' Cooper

Maureen O'Hara ... Elizabeth Cooper
Betty Lynn ... Constance 'Connie' Cooper
Rudy Vallee ... Mr. Roger 'Jess' Jessup
Thelma Ritter ... Geraldine

Natalie Wood ... Ellen Cooper
Jim Backus ... Professor 'Sully' Sullivan (as James G. Backus)
Richard Tyler ... Hercules Smith aka Joe Birch
Buddy Martin ... Cheerleader
Frank Mills ... Assistant Football Coach
Mickey McCardle ... Jones
John McKee ... Cy
Louise Lorimer ... Mrs. Jones
Ruth Clifford ... Neighbor
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Additional Details

Runtime:
84 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
USA:Approved (PCA #13732) | USA:Passed (National Board of Review)

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2 out of 4 people found the following comment useful:-
Pleasant Family Comedy, Just Before TV -- Which It Resembles, 3 August 2005
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Author: David (Handlinghandel) from NY, NY

Maureen O'Hara would have made any man a perfect wife. And she was -- we are talking strictly on screen here -- a good mother too.

This has a little to do with football and mostly to do with the growing pains of an adolescent girl. The actress who plays her did go on to TV. Here she is pretty unappealing. Her younger sister is Natalie Wood. I don't think I ever liked Wood in a movie made when she was an adult but she was a bewitching child actress. She sparkles here.

Fred McMurray does a decent job. Never a favorite of mine, he too had a major career in television.

What drew me to this was Thelma Ritter, always a delight. She plays the family's live-in maid. A lot of movies have maids, usually back-talking ones. Would a football coach at a state college, with a terrible team, have been able to afford what seems such a luxury now? It doesn't seem likely. But her presence is most welcome.

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