When I Grow Up

When I Grow Up

90 mins | Drama | April 19, 1951

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.

When I Grow Up

90 mins | Drama | April 19, 1951

When I Grow Up
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.
IMDb rating 8.2
Producers
Original title When I Grow Up
Directors Jack R. Berne, Michael Kanin, Ross Hunter
Writers Irving Friedman

Cast

Bobby Driscoll

as Josh / Danny Reed

Robert Preston

as Father Reed

Martha Scott

as Mother Reed

Sherry Jackson

as Ruthie Reed

John Wilder

as Duckface Kelly

Frances Chaney

as Mrs. Kelly

Ralph Dumke

as Carp

Paul Levitt

as Carp's Assistant

Griff Barnett

as Dr. Bailey

Margaret Lloyd

as Volunteer Nurse

Charley Grapewin

as Grandpa Reed

Harry Morgan

as Father Reed (Modern)

Elisabeth Fraser

as Mother Reed

Robert Hyatt

as Binks

Hamilton Camp

as Bully

Ruth Lee

as Bully's Mother

Donald Gordon

as Harmonica Boy

Robert Gordon

as Boy with Water Trough