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Director:
Richard Fleischer
Writers:
Earl Felton (screenplay)
Robert Fontaine (stories)
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Release Date:
3 December 1952 (Denmark) more
Genre:
Comedy more
Awards:
Nominated for 4 Golden Globes. Another 1 nomination more
User Comments:
Not Quebec more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Charles Boyer ... Jacques Bonnard
Louis Jourdan ... Uncle Desmond Bonnard
Marsha Hunt ... Susan Bonnard

Bobby Driscoll ... Robert 'Bibi' Bonnard
Linda Christian ... Mignonette Chappuis
Kurt Kasznar ... Uncle Louis Bonnard
Marcel Dalio ... Grandpere Bonnard
Jeanette Nolan ... Felice Bonnard
Jack Raine ... Mr. Frye
Richard Erdman ... Alfred Grattin

Marlene Cameron ... Peggy O'Hare
Gene Collins ... Jimmy Bishop
Ann Faber ... Yvonne Bonnard
Kathryn Sheldon ... Miss Tate
Edward Clark ... Dr. Marchaud
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Additional Details

Runtime:
USA:94 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English | French
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
USA:Approved (PCA #15823) | Finland:S | Sweden:15

Fun Stuff

Quotes:
Susan Bonnard: [as Grandpere emerges from the house in his finery] Grandpa!
Grandpere Bonnard: Ah, bon soir. I'm late.
Susan Bonnard: Where are you going?
Grandpere Bonnard: Out.
Susan Bonnard: You should be in bed!
Grandpere Bonnard: It is only a matter of time.
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Movie Connections:
Features The Son of the Sheik (1926) more
Soundtrack:
The Happy Time more

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8 out of 9 people found the following comment useful:-
Not Quebec, 22 July 2007
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Author: cocgle from Canada

this is a minor detail but the family is not Quebecois, the are actually French-speaking Ontarians.

The father and his brothers are French and (Protestant!!)immigrants to Ottawa (Ontario) and the mother is of Scottish descent. This explains in part why the film did not garner much enthusiasm among French Canadians who generally viewed being protestant and French as being akin to treason.

The movie is based on a series of short stories by Robert Lafontaine about his childhood in Ottawa's Lower Town. The stories were very popular in the 1940's and became a play. The play has since become a minor staple of high school productions.

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