Father Is a Bachelor

Abby Berlin
1950-02-22

WANTED: A MOTHER for five kids. Any girl who accepts is crazy, but so am I. --- Johnny
7.4
83 min

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

Name Character Team
William Holden Johnny Rutledge Unowned
Coleen Gray Prudence Millett Unowned
Mary Jane Saunders May Chalotte Unowned
Charles Winninger Professor Mordecai Ford Unowned
Stuart Erwin Constable Pudge Barnham Unowned
Clinton Sundberg Plato Cassin Unowned
Gary Gray Jan Chalotte Unowned
Sig Ruman Jericho Schlosser Unowned
Billy Gray Feb Chalotte Unowned
Lloyd Corrigan Judge Millett Unowned
Frederic Tozere Jeffrey Gilland Sr. Unowned
Peggy Converse Genevieve Cassin Unowned
Arthur Space Lucius Staley Unowned
Warren Farlow April Chalotte (as Wayne Farlow) Unowned
Wayne A. Farlow April Chalotte (as Wayne Farlow) Unowned
Buddy Clark Johnny Rutledge (singing voice) (uncredited) Unowned
Ruby Dandridge Lily - the Maid (uncredited) Unowned
Tommy Ivo Jeffrey Gilland Jr. (uncredited) Unowned
Kermit Maynard Townsman (uncredited) Unowned
Eddy Waller White (uncredited) Unowned
Dooley Wilson Blue (uncredited) Unowned
Hank Worden Finnegan (uncredited) Unowned