Daddy Long Legs (1955)
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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Fred AstaireJervis Pendleton III
Leslie CaronJulie Andre
Terry MooreLinda Pendleton
Thelma RitterAlicia Pritchard
Fred ClarkGriggs
Charlotte AustinSally McBride
Larry KeatingAmbassador Alexander Williamson
Kathryn GivneyGertrude Pendleton
Kelly BrownJimmy McBride
Ray AnthonyHimself
Gertrude AstorArt Gallery Patron (uncredited)
Barrie ChaseBlonde dancer (in "International Playboy") (uncredited)Keywords
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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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Daddy Long Legs has a runtime of 126 minutes.
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