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Unexpected Uncle: Directed by Peter Godfrey. With Anne Shirley, James Craig, Charles Coburn, Ernest Truex. A feisty retiree plays peacemaker for a young couple.
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- Comedy, Drama
- Peter Godfrey
- 1941-11-07
Unexpected Uncle is a 1941 American comedy-drama film directed by Peter Godfrey and starring Charles Coburn, Anne Shirley, and James Craig. [2] Plot. Cast. Anne Shirley as Kathleen Brown. James Craig as Johnny Kerrigan. Charles Coburn as Alfred Crane. Ernest Truex as Wilkins. Renee Godfrey as Carol West. Russell Gleason as Tommy Turner.
Unexpected Uncle Charles Coburn starred in this 1941 romantic comedy, filmed during his emergence as the latest of Hollywood's character stars. Through the rest of his career, he would move between colorful supporting roles in which he often stole films from the higher-billed talent and leading roles in which he traded not in romance but in an ...
- Peter Godfrey, Clem Beauchamp
- Anne Shirley
Synopsis. While walking down Worth Avenue in Palm Beach, Florida, Seton Mansley comes to the aid of Kathleen Brown, who tearfully confides to him that she has been fired from her job as an underwear clerk because wealthy playboy Johnny Kerrigan flirted with her at work.
Comedy. Unexpected Uncle is a 1941 American comedy-drama film directed by Peter Godfrey and starring Charles Coburn, Anne Shirley, and James Craig.
A bored retiree (Charles Coburn) decides to play matchmaker in Unexpected Uncle (1941).