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Father Goose

1964États-Unis114 min
The film

Father Goose is a 1964 American Technicolor romantic comedy film set in World War II, starring Cary Grant, Leslie Caron and Trevor Howard. The title is a play on the children's fiction character of "Mother Goose," which is used as a code name assigned to the coast watcher character played by Grant. Based on a story A Place of Dragons by Sanford Barnett, the film won an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay. It introduced the song "Pass Me By" by Cy Coleman and Carolyn Leigh, later recorded by Peggy Lee, Frank Sinatra and others.

DirectorRalph Nelson
Genrescomédie romantique · film et téléfilm de guerre
CountryÉtats-Unis
Runtime114 min
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This entry is drawn from the film catalogue and retains its source references. Missing fields are shown as missing.

Record source: The Film world cinema index

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