Cary Grant,
Leslie Caron,
Trevor Howard,
Jack Good,
Sharyl Locke
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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... read more
DVD Release Date: September 18, 2001
Stats: 488 reviews
This is one of those movies where the lone bachelor is all of a sudden having to take care of some kids, and it doesn't do much to shake things up by way of theme, either. Grant gives an okay performance, but the movie's just okay.
What a cute movie! I felt really bad for Cary Grant for like the first half though, I would have beaten those kids for stealing my stuff, but it turned out well enough! It was really funny and the whole thing flowed really well. LOVED seeing Mr. Grant all un-sophisticated!
Cary Grant sheds his debonair image and portrays a cowardly misanthrope lumbered with a french schoolteacher and her class of young girls on a desert island during WWII. The romance is charming, it's exciting when the enemy appears and there are loads of laughs. Quirky and lots o... read more
This may have been the first movie I ever saw as a special premiere, and although I was very young, I can recall this to this day. We actually lined up to see this in the rain in New York at the Radio City Music Hall. The movie itself was not very successful, and the lack of chem... read more
Walter Eckland: Lady, you are making a powerful enemy.
All poor Cary Grant wanted to do was sit out World War II in peace, but the British Navy and the Japanese have other ideas. Blackmailed by his friend, Royal Navy Commander Trevor Howard into spotting Japanese plane and shi... read more
One of my favorite 'old' movies. Cary Grant stranded on an island in the middle of WW2 w/ 7 school girls and their teacher. The estrogen surge would get to me too. He just had great timing
Excellent film. Cary Grant not a typical role. Plays a role of a reclusive spotter in the Asia Pacific during WWII and informs the US and reports enemy aircraft. Until a boat load of school girls capsizes and ends up on the same island and changes his life, and not theirs. Very F... read more
Average. Annoying for the first two thirds, then okay. The acting was decent enough, but the plot... well it was way to predictable or just awful.
Though Cary Grant manages to get the most he can from the role, it's not enough to cover up the film's emptiness. Full Review
Not up to Grant's stature
Grant cheerfully plays against a lifetime of typecasting in this modestly entertaining romantic comedy… sparks of more than one sort fly between [Grant] and [Caron]. Full Review
Cary Grant's penultimate film is a real charmer.
an immensely amusing tale, with a great Grant performance
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