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Dear Brigitte (1965)

Dear Brigitte poster
Directed by
Henry Koster
Genre
comedy film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 40m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.4 of 10 from 29 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A professor and his family cope with their young son's unusual obsession. The boy constantly sends fan letters to a famous movie star.

lightheartedwhimsicalplayfulgentlecharmingnostalgiceasygoingfamilial

What happens

Dear Brigitte is a 1965 American DeLuxe Color CinemaScope family comedy film produced and directed by Henry Koster, based on the 1963 novel Erasmus with Freckles by John Haase. Starring James Stewart, it is the third of three family comedy vehicles for Stewart that are directed by Koster and written by Nunnally Johnson, following Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation (1962) and Take Her, She's Mine (1963). The title character, Brigitte Bardot, makes an uncredited appearance as herself. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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