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About
Jack Jackson, the greatest football player in Ridgefield College history, is disappointed that his only son Junior is an uncoordinated, allergy-ridden bookworm. He uses his athletic reputation and standing as #1 alumni contributor to pressure the coach to take Junior onto the team. In addition, he pays the tuition of Junior's financially needy classmate Bill Baker, a potential all-American, with the understanding that he will room with Junior and mentor him athletically and socially. Junior's initial efforts as quarterback prove disastrous and further complications arise when the room mates both fall in love with the same co-ed.
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May 31, 1951
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Paramount Pictures, Wallis-Hazen Inc.
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Full credits →D
Dean Martin
Bill Baker
J
Jerry Lewis
'Junior' Jackson
R
Ruth Hussey
Ann Jackson
E
Eddie Mayehoff
Jarring Jack Jackson
M
Marion Marshall
Terry Howard
P
Polly Bergen
Betty 'Babs' Hunter
H
Hugh Sanders
Coach Wheeler
J
John McIntire
Dr. Benjamin Green
F
Francis Pierlot
Henry Baker
L
Lillian Randolph
May
S
Selmer Jackson
Doc Hunter
T
Tom Harmon
Sports Announcer
G
Gregg Palmer
Student
H
Hazel Boyne
Miss Johnson - Housemother
L
Lyn Thomas
Student (uncredited)
F
Frank Gifford
Junior Jackson - Football Sequences (uncredited)
R
Robert Board
Student
D
Drew Cahill
Student
D
Don Haggerty
Tom - Masseur (uncredited)
M
Mickey Kuhn
Student (uncredited)
