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Father Was a Fullback (1949)Football coach George Cooper has as many problems managing his football team as he has at home dealing with his daughters, Ellen and Connie. Director:John M. Stahl |
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| Fred MacMurray | ... |
George Cooper
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| Maureen O'Hara | ... |
Elizabeth Cooper
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Betty Lynn | ... |
Connie Cooper
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| Rudy Vallee | ... |
Mr. Jessup
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| Thelma Ritter | ... |
Geraldine
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| Natalie Wood | ... |
Ellen Cooper
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Jim Backus | ... |
Professor Sullivan
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Richard Tyler | ... |
Joe Birch
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Buddy Martin | ... |
Cheerleader
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Frank Mills | ... |
Assistant Football Coach
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Mickey McCardle | ... |
Jones
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John McKee | ... |
Cy
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Louise Lorimer | ... |
Mrs. Jones
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Ruth Clifford | ... |
Neighbor
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Coach George Copper's college football team is losing game after game, much to the dismay of stiff-and-stuffy but influential alumni Roger Jessup, and also having trouble at home with his oldest daughter, Connie. The team keeps losing and Coach Cooper is about to lose his job as his efforts to win the last game of the season, against the team's Big Rival, end in disaster. But, unknown to he and his wife, Elizabeth, Connie has sold an article, called "I Was a Bubble Dancer" to a 'True-Confession" magazine, and the girl-who-couldn't-get-a-date becomes suddenly popular and, because of her, the high-school football star from another town decides to play his college-ball for Coach Cooper. Jessup is forced to keep Cooper on as the school's football coach. Written by Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>
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Ellen Cooper: No, I mean going
George 'Coop' Cooper: Helen, That's ridiculous, go and get clean up
Ellen Cooper: Daphne heard him gurgling on the phone like a worn out wolf about being a freshman in college
Elizabeth Cooper: Oh What an Idea
[looks at George, stunned]
Elizabeth Cooper: George Cooper!
Ellen Cooper: And he was pitching woos to a girl, Daphne thinks maybe she ought to tell her mother
Elizabeth Cooper: George you didn't
George 'Coop' Cooper: Father little helper
[...]
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"The Screen Guild Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on November 16, 1950 with Fred MacMurray reprising his film role. See more »Quotes
Elizabeth Cooper: Not going, he a professor, teaches English literatureEllen Cooper: No, I mean going
George 'Coop' Cooper: Helen, That's ridiculous, go and get clean up
Ellen Cooper: Daphne heard him gurgling on the phone like a worn out wolf about being a freshman in college
Elizabeth Cooper: Oh What an Idea
[looks at George, stunned]
Elizabeth Cooper: George Cooper!
Ellen Cooper: And he was pitching woos to a girl, Daphne thinks maybe she ought to tell her mother
Elizabeth Cooper: George you didn't
George 'Coop' Cooper: Father little helper
[...]
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