Name: Father Goose
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Romance
Released: 1964-12-10
Duration: 118 min
Rating: 7.0
Cast: Cary Grant, Leslie Caron, Trevor Howard, Jack Good, Sharyl Locke

1964·Adventure·1h 58m

7.0

★

During World War II, South Sea beachcomber Walter Eckland is persuaded to spy on planes passing over his island. He gets more than he bargained for as schoolteacher Catherine Frenau arrives on the run from the Japanese with her pupils in tow!

Directed by Ralph Nelson

island

airplane

south seas

coast watcher

protective association

child protection

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Cast

Cary Grant

Walter Christopher Eckland

Leslie Caron

Catherine Freneau

Trevor Howard

Commander Frank Houghton

Jack Good

Lieutenant Stebbings

Pip Sparke

Anne

Verina Greenlaw

Christine

Stephanie Berrington

Elizabeth Anderson

Laurelle Felsette

Angelique

Alex Finlayson

Doctor Bigrave

Peter Forster

Chaplain

Simon Scott

Captain of Submarine, USS Sailfin

Ken Swofford

Helmsman, Submarine USS Sailfin

Crew

Ralph Nelson

Director

Frank Tarloff

Screenplay

Peter Stone

Screenplay

Cy Coleman

Original Music Composer

Charles Lang

Director of Photography

Bud Westmore

Makeup Artist

Henry Bumstead

Art Direction

Popular Reviews

20 reviews

livvie

7.0★ · 03/21/26

A handful of the jokes aged poorly (as with most mid-century war movies), but unexpectedly I had fun. Cary Grant may age, but he never lost his charm.

Lara

commander was the best troll and walter deserved it 😭😝

Tucker Clement

8.0★ · 08/28/23

If I ever have a daughter, I’m naming her Harry.

jenna

3.6★ · 02/26/21

ww2->badcary grant->good

Kev

So today I finally had the chance to watch the film that prevented us from seeing another Grant/Hepburn pairing after Charade in either My Fair Lady or Father Goose. I enjoyed Leslie Caron’s role here and naturally Rex Harrison’s in MFL but I can’t stop thinking they [Cary and Audrey] would’ve been perfect in both. Oh, well...