FATHER WAS A FULLBACK
DIRECTED BY JOHN M. STHAL
PRODUCED BY FRED KOHLMAR
MUSIC BY CRYIL J. MOCKRIDGE
TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX FILM CORPORATION
Information from IMDb
Plot Summary
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.
Written by Les Adams
Full Cast
Fred MacMurray .... George Cooper/"Coop"
Maureen O'Hara .... Elizabeth Cooper
Betty Lynn .... Connie Cooper
Rudy Vallee .... Mr. Jessup
Thelma Ritter .... Geraldine
Natalie Wood .... Ellen Cooper
Jim Backus .... Professor Sullivan (as James G. Backus)
Robert Adler .... Grandstand Bit Part (uncredited)
Don Barclay .... Grandstand 'Coach' (uncredited)
Gilbert Barnett .... Stinky Parker (uncredited)
Rodney Bell .... Grandstand 'Coach' (uncredited)
Tom Bernard .... Delivery Boy (uncredited)
Harry Carter .... Grandstand Bit Part (uncredited)
Ruth Clifford .... Neighbor (uncredited)
Heinie Conklin .... Ed (uncredited)
Fred Dale .... Cheerleader (uncredited)
Gwenn Fields .... Daphne (uncredited)
Bess Flowers .... Football Fan (uncredited)
Charles Flynn .... Policeman (uncredited)
Tom Hanlon .... Radio Announcer (uncredited)
Sam Harris .... Alumnus at Dinner (uncredited)
Joe Haworth .... Skip, Reporter in Locker Room (uncredited)
Don Hicks .... Bill (uncredited)
Pat Kane .... Bellnop (uncredited)
Louise Lorimer .... Mrs. Jones (uncredited)
Lee MacGregor .... Cheerleader (uncredited)
Mike Mahoney .... Sailor (uncredited)
Buddy Martin .... Cheerleader (uncredited)
Mickey McCardle .... Jones (uncredited)
John McKee .... Cy (uncredited)
Frank Mills .... Assistant Football Coach (uncredited)
Forbes Murray .... College President (uncredited)
Robert Patten .... Manager (uncredited)
Bill Radovich .... Football Player (uncredited)
William Self .... Willie Davis (uncredited)
Richard Tyler .... Hercules Smith aka Joe Birch (uncredited)
Wilson Wood .... Grandstand 'Coach' (uncredited)
Writing Credits
Clifford Goldsmith
Aleen Leslie
Mary Loos
Casey Robinson
Richard Sale
Cinematography
Lloyd Ahern
Trivia
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on March 20, 1950 with Maureen O'Hara, Betty Lynn and Jim Backus reprising their film roles.
"The Screen Guild Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on November 16, 1950 with Fred MacMurray reprising his film role.