Daddy Long Legs
1955-05-05 | 126 minutes
Plot Summary
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.
Cast
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Fred AstaireJervis Pendleton III
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Leslie CaronJulie Andre
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Terry MooreLinda Pendleton
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Thelma RitterAlicia Pritchard
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Fred ClarkGriggs
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Charlotte AustinSally McBride
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Larry KeatingAmbassador Alexander Williamson
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Kathryn GivneyGertrude Pendleton
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Kelly BrownJimmy McBride
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Ray AnthonyHimself
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Gertrude AstorArt Gallery Patron (uncredited)
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Barrie ChaseBlonde dancer (in "International Playboy") (uncredited)
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James CromwellExtra (uncredited)
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Lisa MontellCollege Girl (uncredited)
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Leslie ParrishCollege Girl (uncredited)
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Pat SheehanCollege Girl (uncredited)
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Sara ShanePat
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Evelyn RudieCodene, Orphan Girl
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Liliane MontevecchiCollege Girl
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Diane JergensCollege Girl
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