Daddy Long Legs
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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.
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Cast
31 people
Fred Astaire
Jervis Pendleton III
Known for
Funny Face
Top Hat
Leslie Caron
Julie Andre
Known for
An American in Paris
Gigi
Terry Moore
Linda Pendleton
Known for
Mighty Joe Young
Peyton Place
Thelma Ritter
Alicia Pritchard
Known for
Rear Window
All About Eve
Fred Clark
Griggs
Known for
Sunset Boulevard
A Place in the Sun
Charlotte Austin
Sally McBride
Known for
Désirée
Larry Keating
Alexander Williamson
Known for
Mister Ed
When Worlds Collide
Kathryn Givney
Gertrude Pendleton
Known for
A Place in the Sun
Guys and Dolls
Kelly Brown
Jimmy McBride
Known for
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Oklahoma!
Ray Anthony
Ray Anthony
Also in
Girls Town
High School Confidential!
Gertrude Astor
Art Gallery Patron (uncredited)
Known for
The Cat and the Canary
Come Clean
Barrie Chase
Blonde Dancer (uncredited)
Known for
Cape Fear
The Flight of the Phoenix
Jean Negulesco Director · Phoebe Ephron Screenplay Henry Ephron Screenplay
Worldwide gross $2.5M · Budget $2.6M · United States release May 5, 1955
Box office
Budget
$2,600,000
Worldwide gross
$2,500,000
Gross vs. budget
1.0×
Production
20th Century Fox
Production
20th Century Studios
Studio · Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · French · German · Italian
Release dates
United States · May 5, 1955
Theatrical
Brazil
November 20, 2007 · Physical
France
September 30, 1955 · Theatrical
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