Father Is a Bachelor
7.4
83 minutes
2/22/1950
Overview
Johnny Rutledge is a drifter who comes to and discovers a cabin in the forest where five kids: January, February, March, April, and May are living without parents. Their parents died a while ago, and they want to keep that secret from the townspeople, especially the young school teacher, Prudence Millett, to avoid being sent to a children's home and eventual separation. Johnny moves in with the kids and poses as their uncle to take care of them while romancing Prudence. But in order to keep the children, he has to get married.
Cast List
William Holden
as Johnny Rutledge
Coleen Gray
as Prudence Millett
Mary Jane Saunders
as May Chalotte
Charles Winninger
as Professor Mordecai Ford
Stuart Erwin
as Constable Pudge Barnham
Clinton Sundberg
as Plato Cassin
Gary Gray
as Jan Chalotte
Sig Ruman
as Jericho Schlosser
Billy Gray
as Feb Chalotte
Lloyd Corrigan
as Judge Millett
Frederic Tozere
as Jeffrey Gilland Sr.
Peggy Converse
as Genevieve Cassin
Arthur Space
as Lucius Staley
Warren Farlow
as April Chalotte (as Wayne Farlow)
Wayne A. Farlow
as April Chalotte (as Wayne Farlow)
Buddy Clark
as Johnny Rutledge (singing voice) (uncredited)
Ruby Dandridge
as Lily - the Maid (uncredited)
Tommy Ivo
as Jeffrey Gilland Jr. (uncredited)
Kermit Maynard
as Townsman (uncredited)
Eddy Waller
as White (uncredited)
Dooley Wilson
as Blue (uncredited)
Hank Worden
as Finnegan (uncredited)