Dear Brat
1951 | 82m | English
Popularity: 0.8 (history)
| Director: | William A. Seiter |
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| Writer: | Devery Freeman |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | May 30, 1951 |
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| Director: | William A. Seiter |
| Writer: | Devery Freeman |
| Genres: | |
| Keywords | prison, senator, society, suitor, misunderstanding |
| Production Companies | Paramount Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 19, 2026 Entered: Apr 26, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| 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) |
| Katherine Warren | Mrs. Clark (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Devery Freeman | Screenplay |
| Ray Moyer | Set Decoration |
| Alma Macrorie | Editor |
| Hal Pereira | Art Direction |
| William A. Seiter | Director |
| Van Cleave | Original Music Composer |
| John F. Seitz | Director of Photography |
| Henry Bumstead | Art Direction |
| Sam Comer | Set Decoration |
| Edith Head | Costume Design |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Mel Epstein | Producer |
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