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Father Was a Fullback (1949)

Father Was a Fullback

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1h 24m

Comedy, Sport

September 30th, 1949

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Coach George Copper's college football team is losing game after game, much to the dismay of stiff-and-stuffy but influential alumni Roger Jessup, and also having trouble at home with his oldest daughter, Connie. The team keeps losing and Coach Cooper is about to lose his job as his efforts to win the last game of the season, against the team's Big Rival, end in disaster. But, unknown to he and his wife, Elizabeth, Connie has sold an article, called "I Was a Bubble Dancer" to a 'True-Confession" magazine, and the girl-who-couldn't-get-a-date becomes suddenly popular and, because of her, the high-school football star from another town decides to play his college-ball for Coach Cooper. Jessup is forced to keep Cooper on as the school's football coach.

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Cast

Fred MacMurray
George Cooper
Maureen O'Hara
Elizabeth Cooper
Betty Lynn
Connie Cooper
Rudy Vallee
Mr. Jessup
Thelma Ritter
Geraldine
Natalie Wood
Ellen Cooper
Jim Backus
Professor Sullivan
Richard Tyler
Joe Birch
Buddy Martin
Cheerleader
Frank Mills
Assistant Football Coach
Full cast & crew

Directors

John M. Stahl
Full cast & crew

Producers

Fred Kohlmar
producer
Darryl F. Zanuck
executive producer
(uncredited)
Full cast & crew

Writers

Clifford Goldsmith
story
Aleen Leslie
(screenplay) and
Casey Robinson
(screenplay) and
Full cast & crew

Taglines

I wanted to live DANGEROUSLY so I married a football coach (who lost every game)
I WANTED TO LIVE DANGEROUSLY ~ so I married a football coach!

Keywords

husband wife relationship
character name in title
policeman
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Country of Origin

United States of America

Languages

English

Release Dates

May 12th, 1950 (Australia)
January 18th, 1950 (Mexico)
December 26th, 1949 (South Africa) (Cape Town)
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Alternative Titles

Father Was a Fullback (original title)
Papai Foi um Craque (Brazil)
Papai Era um Craque (Brazil) (alternative title)
All Alternative Titles

Locations

20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA (studio)
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum - 3911 S. Figueroa Street, Exposition Park, Los Angeles, California, USA (Photo)

Running Times

84 min

Sound Mixes

Mono

Aspect Ratios

1.37 : 1

Production Companies

20th Century Fox
Twentieth Century Fox (United States of America)

Distribution Companies

Twentieth Century Fox Film Company (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
Fox Home Video (United States of America) (The Selections Series)
Twentieth Century Fox (United States of America)
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