Father Was a Fullback

Overview

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

September 30, 1949

Original language

English

Spoken languages

Spanish, English

Countries

United States of America

Production

20th Century Fox

Cast

Richard Tyler,Rudy Vallee,Jim Backus,Frank Mills,Fred MacMurray,Thelma Ritter,Mickey McCardle,Maureen O'Hara,Louise Lorimer,Buddy Martinand 3 more

Director

John M. Stahl

Writer

Aleen Leslie,Casey Robinson,Richard Sale,Mary Loos

Producer

Darryl F. Zanuck,Fred Kohlmar

Cinematography

Lloyd Ahern Sr.

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0041350