Cary Grant
Walter Christopher Eckland
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A beachcomber is recruited to spy on Japanese planes during World War II and ends up with a schoolteacher and her students on a remote island. IMDb provides cast and crew information, user and critic reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, soundtracks and more for this adventure comedy romance film.
- (12K)
- Adventure, Comedy, Romance
- Ralph Nelson
- 1964-12-24
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.
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. Eckland,...
- (15)
- Cary Grant
- Ralph Nelson
- Granox Company
A comedy film about a beachcomber who becomes a coast watcher during World War II and falls in love with a teacher and her students. The plot summary includes the main characters, the setting, the conflict, and the resolution of the story.
A comedy adventure film starring Cary Grant as a WWII drifter who protects a schoolteacher and her students from the Japanese. Based on a short story by S. H. Barnett, the film was shot in Jamaica and released in January 1964.
- Ralph Nelson, Tom Shaw, James Welch
- Cary Grant
Tomatometer. Eligible. info. play_arrow Trailer. info Watch in a web browser or on supported devices Learn More. About this movie. arrow_forward. Cary Grant stars in one of his funniest roles as...
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During World War II, an unkempt, uncouth and unshaven beach bum who tries to avoid action by taking a cushy job reporting on Japanese air activity is forced to step up to duty when a French schoolmistress and her seven charges crash land nearby. 6,991 IMDb 7.3 1 h 56 min 1964. X-Ray 7+.
