Daddy Long Legs

IMDb 6.4 1955 • 126 min • MusicRomance

Director

Jean Negulesco

Country

US

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

Fred Astaire
Fred Astaire Jervis Pendleton III
Leslie Caron
Leslie Caron Julie Andre
Terry Moore
Terry Moore Linda Pendleton
Thelma Ritter
Thelma Ritter Alicia Pritchard
Fred Clark
Fred Clark Griggs