The Courtship of Eddie's Father (1963)

Directed by

Vincente Minnelli

Genre

romantic comedy

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 58m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 37 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A widowed father named Tom Corbett tries to balance his job as a TV executive with raising his young son Eddie. Eddie decides to play matchmaker, steering his dad toward a few different women, which leads to funny and tender situations.

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What happens

The Courtship of Eddie's Father is a 1963 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Vincente Minnelli, starring Glenn Ford as Tom Corbett, a widowed father and Ronny Howard as the titular son. The film is based on the 1961 novel of the same name by Mark Toby. The film was subsequently adapted into a television series of the same title with Bill Bixby and Brandon Cruz, which ran from 1969 to 1972 on ABC. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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