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Father Was a Fullback (1949)

Overview

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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John M. Stahl profile
John M. Stahl

Director

Richard Sale profile
Richard Sale

Screenplay

Cast

Fred MacMurray profile
Fred MacMurray

George Cooper

Maureen O'Hara profile
Maureen O'Hara

Elizabeth Cooper

Betty Lynn profile
Betty Lynn

Connie Cooper

Natalie Wood profile
Natalie Wood

Ellen Cooper

Rudy Vallee profile
Rudy Vallee

Mr. Jessup

Thelma Ritter profile
Thelma Ritter

Geraldine

Jim Backus profile
Jim Backus

Professor Sullivan

Richard Tyler profile
Richard Tyler

Joe Birch

Buddy Martin profile
Buddy Martin

Cheerleader

Frank Mills profile
Frank Mills

Assistant Football Coach

Mickey McCardle profile
Mickey McCardle

Jones

Louise Lorimer profile
Louise Lorimer

Mrs. Jones

Fred MacMurray profile
Fred MacMurray

George Cooper

Maureen O'Hara profile
Maureen O'Hara

Elizabeth Cooper

Betty Lynn profile
Betty Lynn

Connie Cooper

Natalie Wood profile
Natalie Wood

Ellen Cooper

Rudy Vallee profile
Rudy Vallee

Mr. Jessup

Thelma Ritter profile
Thelma Ritter

Geraldine

Jim Backus profile
Jim Backus

Professor Sullivan

Richard Tyler profile
Richard Tyler

Joe Birch

Buddy Martin profile
Buddy Martin

Cheerleader

Frank Mills profile
Frank Mills

Assistant Football Coach

Mickey McCardle profile
Mickey McCardle

Jones

Louise Lorimer profile
Louise Lorimer

Mrs. Jones

Extra

Release Date

September 30, 1949

Original Language

Spanish, English

Budget

$0.00

Production Company

20th Century Fox logo

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