Daddy Long Legs

6.4

126 minutes

5/5/1955

Overview

Wealthy American, Jervis Pendleton has a chance encounter at a French orphanage with a cheerful 18-year-old resident, and anonymously pays for her education at a New England college. She writes letters to her mysterious benefactor regularly, but he never writes back. Several years later, he visits her at school, while still concealing his identity, and—despite their large age difference—they soon fall in love.

Cast List

Fred Astaire
as Jervis Pendleton III
Leslie Caron
as Julie Andre
Terry Moore
as Linda Pendleton
Thelma Ritter
as Alicia Pritchard
Fred Clark
as Griggs
Charlotte Austin
as Sally McBride
Larry Keating
as Ambassador Alexander Williamson
Kathryn Givney
as Gertrude Pendleton
Kelly Brown
as Jimmy McBride
Ray Anthony
as Himself
Gertrude Astor
as Art Gallery Patron (uncredited)
Barrie Chase
as Blonde dancer (in "International Playboy") (uncredited)
James Cromwell
as Extra (uncredited)
Lisa Montell
as College Girl (uncredited)
Leslie Parrish
as College Girl (uncredited)
Pat Sheehan
as College Girl (uncredited)
Sara Shane
as Pat
Evelyn Rudie
as Codene, Orphan Girl
Liliane Montevecchi
as College Girl
Diane Jergens
as College Girl
Ann Codee
as Madame Sevanne
Kenner G. Kemp
as Airport Passenger
Forbes Murray
as Art Gallery Patron
William H. O'Brien
as Hotel Waiter
Bert Stevens
as Graduation Attendee
Suzanne Alexander
as College Girl
Helen Van Tuyl
as College Dean
Jean Moorhead
as College Girl (uncredited)
Numa Lapeyre
as Jean (uncredited)
Marco López
as Extra (uncredited)