When I Grow Up

Bobby takes on the elderly

Josh is a young boy who feels neglected and misunderstood at home. Preparing to run away, he chances across an old diary once kept by his grandfather. Leafing through the yellowed pages, Josh discovers that Grandpa went through many of the same childhood travails that he is enduring at that moment. Armed with a renewed understanding of and appreciation for his elders, Josh decides to stick around for a while and see how things develop.

Bobby Driscoll

Josh / Danny Reed

Robert Preston

Father Reed

Martha Scott

Mother Reed

Sherry Jackson

Ruthie Reed

John McGovern

Duckface Kelly

Frances Chaney

Mrs. Kelly

Poodles Hanneford

Bobo

Ralph Dumke

Carp

Paul Guilfoyle

Doc

Paul Levitt

Carp's Assistant

Griff Barnett

Dr. Bailey

Margaret Lloyd

Volunteer Nurse

Charley Grapewin

Grandpa Reed

Harry Morgan

Father Reed (Modern)

Elisabeth Fraser

Mother Reed

Robert Hyatt

Binks

Hamilton Camp

Bully

Ruth Lee

Bully's Mother