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Oscar Brodney (writer)
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25 April 1960 (Denmark)
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Meet the World's Youngest Financial Wizard!
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Parents Shirley Jones and Max Bygraves portray parents of the title character, an infant who talks like an adult. | add synopsis
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(Cast overview, first billed only) | Shirley Jones | ... | Betty Barnaby |
| Max Bygraves | ... | Benjamin 'Ben' Barnaby |
| Billie Whitelaw | ... | Lydia Simmons |
| Barbara Shelley | ... | Valerie |
| Colin Gordon | ... | Dr. Phillips |
| Charles 'Bud' Tingwell | ... | Luke Parker (as Charles Tingwell) |
| Lionel Jeffries | ... | Gregory Mason |
| Charles Carson | ... | Sir Jason Crandall |
| Rupert Davies | ... | Jock Fleming |
| Noel Hood | ... | Nurse |
| David Lodge | ... | Hargreave, Investigator from Scotland Yard |
| John Welsh | ... | Admiral |
| Bill Nagy | ... | Rogers, the butler |
| Murray Kash | ... | Johnson, FBI Agent |
| Arnold Diamond | ... | LeFarge |
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USA:89 min
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The title alone is enough to repel, but this is an amiable, cutesy comedy that aims to please. The dubbing of Baby Steven Stocker is remarkably good, and the supporting cast is familiar and helpful. The two leads aren't very interesting, sadly. Jones is saddled with the concerned wife part and plays it so tightly that it removes the breeziness when she is on screen. It's all very predictable, with the usual Francis the Talking Mule routine of only one person hearing the title character speak and the resultant think-he's-nuts stuff that bedeviled Donald O'Connor and his mule. Then again, it's never made truly clear whether the infant is able to talk like an adult or that the whole thing is a delusion on the part of Bygraves' character. It's certainly contrived as to why the child refuses to speak to anyone else. It's almost like the ventriloquist who thinks his dummy is real. And somehow, in the midst of all this silliness, the film tries to sell the idea that making money is a bad thing and that it's better for Bygraves & Jones to continue to struggle as stage performers. Weird movie, even though it appears to be mild fluff.