Father Was a Fullback (1949)
Father Was a Fullback
Overview
Coach George Copper's college football team is losing game after game, much to the dismay of stiff-and-stuffy but influential alumni Roger Jessup, and also having trouble at home with his oldest daughter, Connie. The team keeps losing and Coach Cooper is about to lose his job as his efforts to win the last game of the season, against the team's Big Rival, end in disaster. But, unknown to he and his wife, Elizabeth, Connie has sold an article, called "I Was a Bubble Dancer" to a 'True-Confession" magazine, and the girl-who-couldn't-get-a-date becomes suddenly popular and, because of her, the high-school football star from another town decides to play his college-ball for Coach Cooper. Jessup is forced to keep Cooper on as the school's football coach.
Cast
Fred MacMurray
Maureen O'Hara
Betty Lynn
Natalie Wood
Rudy Vallee
Thelma Ritter
Jim Backus
Richard Tyler
Buddy Martin
Frank Mills
Mickey McCardle
Louise Lorimer
Ruth Clifford
Crew
Richard Sale
John M. Stahl
Fred Kohlmar
Darryl F. Zanuck
Mary Loos
Casey Robinson
Aleen Leslie
Thomas Little
Kay Nelson
J. Watson Webb Jr.
Ben Nye
Chester Gore
Stuart A. Reiss
Cyril J. Mockridge
Lyle R. Wheeler
Lloyd Ahern Sr.
1h 24min. // Football coach George Cooper has as many problems managing his football team as he has at home dealing with his daughters, Ellen and Connie.
Directed by: John M. Stahl
Writing Credits: Clifford Goldsmith (story), Aleen Leslie (screenplay), Casey Robinson (screenplay), Mary Loos (screenplay), Richard Sale (screenplay)
Starring: Fred MacMurray (as George Cooper), Maureen O’Hara (as Elizabeth Cooper), Betty Lynn (as Connie Cooper) and Rudy Vallee (as Mr. Jessup)
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