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Bachelor Mother
“"And a little child shall lead them"... into the most delightfully surprising complications you've seen on the screen!”
7.2 / 10• 1939• 1h 22m•NR• English
ComedyRomance
Storyline
Polly Parrish, a clerk at Merlin's Department Store, is mistakenly presumed to be the mother of a foundling. Outraged at Polly's unmotherly conduct, David Merlin becomes determined to keep the single woman and "her" baby together.
Cast & Crew
Ginger Rogers
Polly Parrish
Lead
David Niven
David Merlin
Charles Coburn
J. B. Merlin
Frank Albertson
Freddie Miller
E. E. Clive
Butler
EC
Elbert Coplen Jr.
Johnnie
Ferike Boros
Mrs. Weiss
Ernest Truex
Investigator
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Garson Kanin's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. Bachelor Mother is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
