When I Grow Up
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1951 · 90 min · NR · Drama · TMDB 7.3/10
Overview
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.
Directed by Michael Kanin
Cast
- Bobby Driscoll — Josh / Danny Reed
- Robert Preston — Father Reed
- Martha Scott — Mother Reed
- Sherry Jackson — Ruthie Reed
- John Wilder — Duckface Kelly