Father Was a Fullback

Father Was a Fullback

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1949-09-30

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.

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Father Was a Fullback

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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.

Released

1949-09-30

Runtime

84

Director

John M. Stahl

Budget

$0

Revenue

$0

Genres

Comedy

Language

Español

Production

20th Century Fox

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    Fred MacMurray

    Fred MacMurray
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    Maureen O'Hara

    Maureen O'Hara
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    Betty Lynn

    Betty Lynn
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    Natalie Wood

    Natalie Wood
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    Rudy Vallee

    Rudy Vallee
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    Thelma Ritter

    Thelma Ritter
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    Jim Backus

    Jim Backus
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    Richard Tyler

    Richard Tyler
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    Buddy Martin

    Buddy Martin
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    Frank Mills

    Frank Mills
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    Mickey McCardle

    Mickey McCardle
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    Louise Lorimer

    Louise Lorimer
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    Ruth Clifford

    Ruth Clifford