All My Darling Daughters (1972) (TV)

User Rating:

6.0/10   

Director:

David Lowell Rich

Writers:

Stan Dreben (story)
John Gay (writer)

Release Date:

22 November 1972 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Plot:

A judge has to deal with his four daughters, his four future sons-in-law and four weddings all on the same day.

Plot Keywords:

Wedding | ABC Movie Of The Week | Father Daughter Relationship | Family Relationships | Male Female Relationship

Cast

Robert Young	...	Judge Charles Raleigh
Eve Arden	...	Miss Freeling
Raymond Massey	...	Matthew Cunningham
Darleen Carr	...	Susan
Judy Strangis	...	Robin
Sharon Gless	...	Jennifer
Fawne Harriman	...	Charlotte Raleigh
Darrell Larson	...	Andy O'Brien
Jerry Fogel	...	Jerry Greene
Colby Chester	...	Bradley Coombs
William Kerwin	...	Lester
Michael Richardson	...	Biff Brynner
Bruno Kirby	...	Anthony Stephanelli
John Lupton	...	Prosecuting Attorney
Richard Roat	...	Defense Attorney

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Filming Locations:

Beverly Hills, California, USA

Company:

Groverton Productions

Movie Connections:

Followed by My Darling Daughters' Anniversary (1973) (TV)

This is a cute, heart warming made for television movie.

Robert Young (Father Knows Best, Little Women) plays Judge Charles Raleig who is a widower and has four daughters. Because of various reasons, they end up having a quadruple wedding. The grooms are all from different religion backgrounds: Jewish, Presbyterian, Zen Buddhist and Atheist (but not so sure!). The wedding organizer Miss Freeling , Eve Arden (Grease) has a hard time because as soon as she organizes the wedding, another one decides to be wed on the same day. Susan, Sharon Gless (Cagney & Lacey, The Trials of Rose O'Neill ) is a feminist who wants the person performing the wedding to be a woman. Time for the wedding, grandfather Andy O'Brien, Raymond Massey, (Dr. Kildare) starts having heart pains, takes his medicine and he gets stopped by the police on his way to the wedding because his car is speeding. He never makes for the wedding! He misses the entire thing! With all those religious backgrounds, dad suggests a Justice of the Peace who is a woman who will perform the wedding. At the last minute the Justice of Peace can not make it to the wedding because her own daughter is having a baby. Since dad is a Judge he performs the wedding of his four daughters himself and then stays alone in the empty nest. Since grandfather and father need a wife they end the movie toasting a double of wedding for both of them. This is a cute, heart warming made for television movie. Although after a while the plot is predictable, it is still a good movie. It also gives Robert Young the chance to play a wise dad again. Pleasant surprises: Bruno Kirby ( When Harry met Sally ) plays a young adult. It is nice to see him looking like a kid! I have the tape and enjoy watching it, I recommend it!