Film

Dear Brat

1951 · 1h 22m · Comedy · Romance

IMDb

5.9

Mirian Wilkins, the teenage daughter of Senator Wilkins, starts a Society for the Rehabilitation of Criminals and, without the approval or knowledge of her father, elects him to the position of honorary president. When the family's new gardener, Baxter, turns out to be a notorious ex-convict who was sentenced to prison by Senator Wilkins when he was a judge, Wilkins considers firing him until his daughter points out that would be an unwise decision considering the position her father held on society.

Mona Freeman

Miriam Wilkins

Billy De Wolfe

Albert

Edward Arnold

Senator Wilkins

Lyle Bettger

Baxter

Mary Philips

Edie Wilkins

Natalie Wood

Pauline Baxter

William Reynolds

Robbie Clark (as William Regnolds)

Frank Cady

Parole Officer Creavy

Lillian Randolph

Dora

Irene Winston

Mrs. Baxter

Patty Lou Arden

Clara

Mary Field

Criminal Records Clerk (uncredited)

Elizabeth Flournoy

Miss Pratt (uncredited)

Bess Flowers

Laura Millikan, reporter (uncredited)

Tor Johnson

The new gardener (uncredited)

Minerva Urecal

Neighbor (uncredited)

• William A. SeiterDirector
• Devery FreemanScreenplay
• Mel EpsteinProducer
• John F. SeitzDirector of Photography
• Van CleaveOriginal Music Composer
• Alma MacrorieEditor

Release date

May 30, 1951

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 22m

Genres

Comedy, Romance

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