When I Grow Up

Plot Summary

Josh is a young boy who feels neglected and misunderstood at home. Preparing to run away, he chances across an old diary once kept by his grandfather. Leafing through the yellowed pages, Josh discovers that Grandpa went through many of the same childhood travails that he is enduring at that moment. Armed with a renewed understanding of and appreciation for his elders, Josh decides to stick around for a while and see how things develop.

Top Cast

Bobby Driscoll Josh / Danny Reed

Robert Preston Father Reed

Martha Scott Mother Reed

Sherry Jackson Ruthie Reed

John Wilder Duckface Kelly