Daddy Long Legs
1955•NR•2h 6m•6.4•Released
Romance
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.
Director
Jean Negulesco
Writer
Phoebe Ephron, Henry Ephron
Languages
English, French
Studio
20th Century Fox
Cast
Fred Astaire
Jervis Pendleton III
Leslie Caron
Julie Andre
Terry Moore
Linda Pendleton
Thelma Ritter
Alicia Pritchard
Fred Clark
Griggs
Charlotte Austin
Sally McBride
Larry Keating
Alexander Williamson
Kathryn Givney
Gertrude Pendleton
Kelly Brown
Jimmy McBride
Ray Anthony
Ray Anthony
Gertrude Astor
Art Gallery Patron (uncredited)
Barrie Chase
Blonde Dancer (uncredited)
Lisa Montell
College Girl (uncredited)
Leslie Parrish
College Girl (uncredited)
Pat Sheehan
College Girl (uncredited)
Production
Company
20th Century Fox
Producer
Samuel G. Engel
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