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Five Little Peppers And How They Grew
“YOU ASKED TO MEET ALL OF THEM AGAIN...So here they are”
7.0 / 10• 1939• 58m•NR• English
FamilyComedyDrama
Storyline
The first of four films in the "Five Little Peppers" series, based on Margaret Sinclair's popular book, about a widowed mother and her five children. In this one the family inherits co-ownership in a copper mine.
Cast & Crew

Dorothy Peterson
Mrs. Pepper
Lead
Edith Fellows
Polly Pepper
CP
Charles Peck
Ben Pepper

Tommy Bond
Joey Pepper
JL
Jimmy Leake
Davie Pepper
DA
Dorothy Ann Seese
Phronsie Pepper

Clarence Kolb
J.H. King

Ronald Sinclair
Jasper King
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Charles Barton's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. Five Little Peppers And How They Grew is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”










