Storyline
Wealthy American, Jervis Pendleton has a chance encounter at a French orphanage with a cheerful 18-year-old resident, and anonymously pays for her education at a New England college. She writes letters to her mysterious benefactor regularly, but he never writes back. Several years later, he visits her at school, while still concealing his identity, and—despite their large age difference—they soon fall in love.
Cast & Crew
Fred Astaire
Jervis Pendleton III
Lead
Leslie Caron
Julie Andre
Terry Moore
Linda Pendleton
Thelma Ritter
Alicia Pritchard
Fred Clark
Griggs
Charlotte Austin
Sally McBride
Larry Keating
Alexander Williamson
Kathryn Givney
Gertrude Pendleton
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Jean Negulesco's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Daddy Long Legs is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
