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About
Texas cattleman Opie Bedloe comes to Maine to visit his son Joe, a college instructor, and his wife Connie in the hopes of persuading Joe to give up his teaching career and come back to Texas and take over the ranch. When Opie finds out that Connie, who is expecting a baby, can not afford the steaks she yearns for on Joe's salary, Opie, who believes that pregnant women gotta have meat, arranges for the local butcher, Spangenberg to cut his prices in half (with Opie paying the difference) so that Connie can have the meat she desires.
Theatrical
Mar 12, 1953
Cast
Full credits →V
Van Johnson
Joe Bedloe
J
Janet Leigh
Connie Bedloe
L
Louis Calhern
Opie Bedloe
W
Walter Slezak
Emil Spangenberg
G
Gene Lockhart
Dean Edward E. Magruder
H
Hayden Rorke
Prof. Simmons
R
Robert Burton
Dr. Willis Shoop
M
Marilyn Erskine
Phyllis Archibald
K
Kathleen Lockhart
Mrs. Martha Magruder
A
Arthur Space
Prof. Archie Archibald
B
Barbara Ruick
Barbara
J
June Whitley Taylor
Betty Simmons (as June Whitley)
J
James Flavin
Harry (uncredited)
B
Byron Foulger
Prof. Rosenberg (uncredited)
K
Kathleen Freeman
Mother of Twins (uncredited)
E
Emory Parnell
Mr. Daveney (uncredited)
