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When I Grow Up (1951)
Directed by Michael Kanin
“Bobby takes on the elderly”
Drama · 1h 30m
Josh is a young boy who feels neglected and misunderstood at home. Preparing to run away, he chances across an old diary once kept by his grandfather. Leafing through the yellowed pages, Josh discovers that Grandpa went through many of the same childhood travails that he is enduring at that moment. Armed with a renewed understanding of and appreciation for his elders, Josh decides to stick around for a while and see how things develop.
Cast
Bobby Driscoll
Josh / Danny Reed
Robert Preston
Father Reed
Martha Scott
Mother Reed
Sherry Jackson
Ruthie Reed
John Wilder
Duckface Kelly
Frances Chaney
Mrs. Kelly
Poodles Hanneford
Bobo
Ralph Dumke
Carp
Paul Guilfoyle
Doc
P
Paul Levitt
Carp's Assistant
Griff Barnett
Dr. Bailey
M
Margaret Lloyd
Volunteer Nurse
Crew
- Director
- Michael Kanin
- Director of Photography
- Ernest Laszlo
- Editor
- Edward Mann, Bruce Schoengarth
- Producer
- Sam Spiegel
Details
- Release date
- 1951-04-19
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Horizon Pictures
- Budget
- $50,000
- Box office
- $100,000