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Father Goose

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Father Goose
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NR,1hr 56min
Genres:
Action,Comedy
Release:
1964
Director:
Ralph Nelson
Distributor:
Republic Pictures
Starring:
Cary Grant, Leslie Caron, Trevor Howard  ...more
Synopsis: Deliberately casting his established screen image to the four winds, Cary Grant plays Walter Eckland, an unkempt, uncouth and unshaven beach bum in Father Goose. During World War II, Walter keeps busy relaying radio reports of Japanese air activity. But he's no hero, and in fact volunteered for this mission only because he's been promised a shipment of liquor by Australian naval officer Frank Houghton (Trevor Howard). Making matters worse for the misanthropic Eckland is the arrival of French schoolmistress ... Full Synopsis
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Richard Gilliam, AMG Review
Father Goose is a favorite of Cary Grant fans, even though it indicates his limitations as an actor: he rarely stops being his usual charming and sophisticated self to transform into Walter Eckland, drunk and loner. The film, though, is a audience pleaser, thanks significantly to the Oscar-winning screenplay by S.H. Barnett, Peter Stone, and Frank Tarloff, which expertly exploits the humor inherent ... Full Review
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Cary Grant
Walter Eckland
Leslie Caron
Catherine Freneau
Trevor Howard
Commodore Frank Houghton
Jack Good
Lt. Stebbins
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