Daddy Long Legs

Daddy Long Legs (1955)

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.

Date of release
1955-05-05
TMDB
6.4 / 10 (97)
Runtime
2h 6m
Genres
Romance
Director
Jean Negulesco

Casting

  • 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)

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