Daddy Long Legs

Daddy Long Legs (1955)

05/05/1955
Music, Romance
2h 6m

Overview

Wealthy American, Jervis Pendleton has a chance encounter at a French orphanage with a cheerful 18-year-old resident, and anonymously pays for her education at a New England college. She writes letters to her mysterious benefactor regularly, but he never writes back. Several years later, he visits her at school, while still concealing his identity, and—despite their large age difference—they soon fall in love.

  • Jean NegulescoDirector
  • Phoebe EphronScreenplay
  • Henry EphronScreenplay
  • Status

    Released

  • Original Language

    English

Keywords

  • paris, france
  • orphanage
  • college
  • musical
  • love
  • millionaire
  • hidden identity

Top Billed Cast

Fred Astaire

Fred Astaire

Jervis Pendleton III

Leslie Caron

Leslie Caron

Julie Andre

Terry Moore

Terry Moore

Linda Pendleton

Thelma Ritter

Thelma Ritter

Alicia Pritchard

Fred Clark

Fred Clark

Griggs

Charlotte Austin

Charlotte Austin

Sally McBride

Larry Keating

Larry Keating

Ambassador Alexander Williamson

Kathryn Givney

Kathryn Givney

Gertrude Pendleton

Kelly Brown

Kelly Brown

Jimmy McBride

Ray Anthony

Ray Anthony

Himself

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