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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.
- (12K)
- Adventure, Comedy, Romance
- Ralph Nelson
- 1964-12-24
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. During an enemy attack,...
At the outbreak of World War II, American beachcomber Walter Eckland is coerced by his old friend, Australian Navy Comdr. Frank Houghton, into service as a coast-watcher on a South Pacific island. Under the code name "Mother Goose," the whiskey-loving Eckland is rewarded with a new bottle each time he spots an enemy movement.
- Ralph Nelson, Tom Shaw, James Welch
- Cary Grant
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- 25
- Ralph Nelson
- 118 min
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, whose main...
- (15)
- Comedy
Father Goose. 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. 7,053 IMDb 7.3 1 h 56 min 1964. 7+.
