Daddy Long Legs (1955)

Movie · Romance · 2h 6m · Rated 6.4/10 on TMDB · Released May 5, 1955

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.

Directed by Jean Negulesco

Cast

• Fred Astaire as Jervis Pendleton III
• Leslie Caron as Julie Andre
• Terry Moore as Linda Pendleton
• Thelma Ritter as Alicia Pritchard
• Fred Clark as Griggs
• Charlotte Austin as Sally McBride
• Larry Keating as Alexander Williamson
• Kathryn Givney as Gertrude Pendleton
• Kelly Brown as Jimmy McBride
• Ray Anthony as Ray Anthony
• Gertrude Astor as Art Gallery Patron (uncredited)
• Barrie Chase as Blonde Dancer (uncredited)

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