Father Was a Fullback

1h 24min

Comedy

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.

Cast

Fred MacMurray

Fred MacMurray

George Cooper
Maureen O'Hara

Maureen O'Hara

Elizabeth Cooper
Betty Lynn

Betty Lynn

Connie Cooper
Natalie Wood

Natalie Wood

Ellen Cooper
Rudy Vallee

Rudy Vallee

Mr. Jessup
Thelma Ritter

Thelma Ritter

Geraldine
Jim Backus

Jim Backus

Professor Sullivan
Richard Tyler

Richard Tyler

Joe Birch
Buddy Martin

Buddy Martin

Cheerleader
Frank Mills

Frank Mills

Assistant Football Coach
Louise Lorimer

Louise Lorimer

Mrs. Jones

Release date

30th Sep 1949

Status

Released

Spoken languages

EspaƱol, English