Cary Grant
Walter Christopher Eckland
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Father Goose is a 1964 American Technicolor romantic comedy film set in World War II, starring Cary Grant, Leslie Caron and Trevor Howard. The title is a play on the children's fiction character of "Mother Goose," which is used as a code name assigned to the coast watcher character played by Grant.
Father Goose: Directed by Ralph Nelson. With Cary Grant, Leslie Caron, Trevor Howard, Jack Good. During World War II, a man persuaded to live on an isolated island and spot aircraft finds himself responsible for a teacher and several students, all female.
Cary Grant stars in one of his funniest roles as a boozy beachcomber sitting out WWII in peace - until the Allies recruit him to be a lookout on the South Pacific isle.
Father Goose (1964) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Sent to a neighboring island seeking a fellow WWII shore-watcher, Cary Grant as booze-seeking Walter (title character) unexpectedly found a French teacher (Leslie Caron) and her charges, as he now explains to Cmdr. Houghton (Trevor Howard) his British overseer, in Father Goose, 1964.
Father Goose opened at Radio City Music Hall in New York City and we did not attend. We did, however, attend the sneak preview of the film which was in Santa Barbara and was attended by Mr. Grant.
On an island in the South Seas, Walter Eckland (Cary Grant) lives a quiet life. That changes when he's persuaded to serve as a lookout for the Allies, watching for enemy ships.
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