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Father Goose is a 1964 American Technicolor romantic comedy film set in World War II, starring Cary Grant, Leslie Caron and Trevor Howard. The title is a play on the children's fiction character of "Mother Goose," which is used as a code name assigned to the coast watcher character played by Grant.
A beachcomber and a schoolteacher are stranded on an island during World War II and face the Japanese invasion. Father Goose is a war comedy starring Cary Grant and Leslie Caron, with a supporting cast of seven female students.
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- Adventure, Comedy, Romance
- Ralph Nelson
- 1964-12-24
Nov 12, 2013 · Cary Grant stars in one of his funniest roles as a boozy beachcomber sitting out WWII in peace - until the Allies recruit him to be a lookout on the South Pacific isle. During an enemy attack, he...
- 2 min
- 57.5K
- Paramount Movies
Synopsis. At the outbreak of World War II, American beachcomber Walter Eckland is coerced by his old friend, Australian Navy Comdr. Frank Houghton, into service as a coast-watcher on a South Pacific island.
- Ralph Nelson, Tom Shaw, James Welch
- Cary Grant
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On an island in the South Seas, Walter Eckland (Cary Grant) lives a quiet life. That changes when he's persuaded to serve as a lookout for the Allies, watching for...
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- Comedy