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Daddy Long Legs

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1955 | 126 min | Romance

Weeknight Watchearly rating

Why it’s a Weeknight Watch

With soft box office, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.

Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.

Is it for you?

Who'll love it
Made for romantics.
The mood
Warm and romantic.
The pace
Moves along nicely, at 2 hr 6 min.
What might put you off
Made in 1955: an older pace and style.

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.

How it earned its rating

  • CriticsNot counted

    Not enough reviews on record yet

  • AudiencesNot counted

    Not measured yet: not enough ratings

  • AwardsSolid

    Nominated for 3 Oscars and 1 WGA Award.

  • Box office & staying powerBelow par

    $3 million worldwide; still draws a steady audience long after release

  • Buzz & cultural impactSolid

    About 32K people sought it out in the past year

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Cast & crew

Directed by Jean Negulesco

  • Fred AstaireJervis Pendleton III
  • Leslie CaronJulie Andre
  • Terry MooreLinda Pendleton
  • Thelma RitterAlicia Pritchard
  • Fred ClarkGriggs
  • Charlotte AustinSally McBride
  • Larry KeatingAlexander Williamson
  • Kathryn GivneyGertrude Pendleton
  • Kelly BrownJimmy McBride
  • Ray AnthonyRay Anthony