Father Was a Fullback (1949)

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.

Directing:
  • John M. Stahl

Writing:
  • Casey Robinson
  • Richard Sale
  • Mary Loos

Stars:
Release Date: 1949-09-30
themoviedb icon 6/10
  • Country: US
  • Language: Español | English
  • Runtime: 84

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Natalie Wood
Natalie Wood
Ellen Cooper
Fred MacMurray
Fred MacMurra...
George Cooper
Louise Lorimer
Louise Lorime...
Mrs. Jones
Maureen O'Hara
Maureen O'Har...
Elizabeth Cooper
Betty Lynn
Betty Lynn
Connie Cooper
Rudy Vallee
Rudy Vallee
Mr. Jessup
Thelma Ritter
Thelma Ritter
Geraldine
Jim Backus
Jim Backus
Professor Sullivan
Frank Mills
Frank Mills
Assistant Football Coach
Ruth Clifford
Ruth Clifford
Neighbor
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