The read
Critics rate it 12 points higher than audiences do. Number 2 of 2 in its series by score. It runs a compact 1h 22m.
Synopsis
Newly married Kay Dunstan announces that she and her husband are having a baby, leaving her father to come to grips with the fact that he will soon be a granddad.
Ratings
IMDb6.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Metacritic77/100
Critics rate it 12 points higher than audiences do.
76 audience votes
Key crew
- Albert HackettScreenplay
- Vincente MinnelliDirector
- Frances GoodrichScreenplay
- Albert SendreyOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Spencer TracyStanley Banks
- Joan BennettEllie Banks
- Elizabeth TaylorKay Dunstan
- Don TaylorBuckley Dunstan
- Billie BurkeDoris Dunstan
- Moroni OlsenHerbert Dunstan
- Richard RoberPolice Sergeant
- Marietta CantyDelilah
- Russ TamblynTommy Banks
- Tom IrishBen Banks
- Hayden RorkeAndrew Nordell
- Paul HarveyReverend Galsworthy
Stills
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Themes
grandfatherin-lawspregnant daughterparent-in-law child-in-law relationshipmaternity wardbaby bornbaby nurseryfather daughter relationship