Father Was a Fullback
I WANTED TO LIVE DANGEROUSLY ~ so I married a football coach!
1949 | 84m | English
Popularity: 0.9 (history)
| Director: | John M. Stahl |
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| Writer: | Aleen Leslie, Mary Loos, Richard Sale, Casey Robinson |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Sep 30, 1949 |
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| Director: | John M. Stahl |
| Writer: | Aleen Leslie, Mary Loos, Richard Sale, Casey Robinson |
| Genres: | Comedy |
| Keywords | american football, american football coach, sports, the big game |
| Production Companies | 20th Century Fox |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 30, 2026 Entered: Apr 27, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Fred MacMurray | George Cooper |
| Maureen O'Hara | Elizabeth Cooper |
| Betty Lynn | Connie Cooper |
| Natalie Wood | Ellen Cooper |
| Rudy Vallee | Mr. Jessup |
| Thelma Ritter | Geraldine |
| Jim Backus | Professor Sullivan |
| Richard Tyler | Joe Birch |
| Buddy Martin | Cheerleader |
| Frank Mills | Assistant Football Coach |
| Mickey McCardle | Jones |
| Louise Lorimer | Mrs. Jones |
| Ruth Clifford | Neighbor |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Aleen Leslie | Screenplay |
| Mary Loos | Screenplay |
| Richard Sale | Screenplay |
| Cyril J. Mockridge | Music |
| J. Watson Webb Jr. | Editor |
| Chester Gore | Art Direction |
| Lyle R. Wheeler | Art Direction |
| Thomas Little | Set Decoration |
| Stuart A. Reiss | Set Decoration |
| Kay Nelson | Costume Design |
| John M. Stahl | Director |
| Casey Robinson | Screenplay |
| Ben Nye | Makeup Artist |
| Lloyd Ahern Sr. | Director of Photography |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Fred Kohlmar | Producer |
| Darryl F. Zanuck | Executive Producer |
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