Directed by:
Michael CurtizScreenplay:
Donald Ogden StewartComposer:
Max SteinerCast:
William Powell, Irene Dunne, Elizabeth Taylor, Edmund Gwenn, Zasu Pitts, Jimmy Lydon, Emma Dunn, Martin Milner, Monte Blue, Clara Blandick, Creighton Hale (more)VOD (1)
Plots(1)
William Powell stars as Father, a Wall Street broker who likes to think he rules the roost. But when a small crisis over his religious upbringing causes havoc, it becomes clear that it's really his adoring wife (Irene Dunne) and their enterprising children who pull the strings. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
![William Powell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/835/168835875_146rop.jpg)
William Powell
USA
Best movies:
Love Crazy (1941)
After the Thin Man (1936)
The Thin Man Goes Home (1945)
![Irene Dunne](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267971_ec7ab0.jpg)
Irene Dunne
USA
Best movies:
The White Cliffs of Dover (1944)
Penny Serenade (1941)
Anna and the King of Siam (1946)
![Elizabeth Taylor](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/678/161678631_c7381f.jpg)
Elizabeth Taylor
UK
Best movies:
The Freddie Mercury Tribute: Concert for AIDS Awareness (1992) (concert)
The Simpsons: Greatest Hits (1999) (video compilation)
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)
![Edmund Gwenn](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/360/164360000_f2e645.png)
Edmund Gwenn
UK
Best movies:
The Keys of the Kingdom (1944)
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
Anthony Adverse (1936)
![Zasu Pitts](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/343/343618_c34113.jpg)
Zasu Pitts
USA
Best movies:
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
Greed (1924)
Life with Father (1947)
![Jimmy Lydon](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/162/159162711_e6560c.jpg)
Jimmy Lydon
USA
Best movies:
Life with Father (1947)
Island in the Sky (1953)
The Last Time I Saw Archie (1961)
![Emma Dunn](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000335_2b0b65.jpg)
Emma Dunn
UK
Best movies:
The Great Dictator (1940)
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
The Talk of the Town (1942)
![Martin Milner](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/410/410427_45e66e.jpg)
Martin Milner
USA
Best movies:
Dial M for Murder (1954)
Compulsion (1959)
Life with Father (1947)
![Monte Blue](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/421/421420_17c187.jpg)
Monte Blue
USA
Best movies:
Gentleman Jim (1942)
Reap the Wild Wind (1942)
Adventures of Don Juan (1948)
![Clara Blandick](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000322_0503b1.jpg)
Clara Blandick
Hong Kong
Best movies:
It Started with Eve (1941)
Gentleman Jim (1942)
North West Mounted Police (1940)
![Creighton Hale](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272353_490761.jpg)
Creighton Hale
Ireland
Best movies:
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
Casablanca (1942)
![Arlene Dahl](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/281/281051_9da1de.jpg)
Arlene Dahl
USA
Best movies:
Three Little Words (1950)
Life with Father (1947)
Reign of Terror (1949)
![Philo McCullough](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/228/159228285_5b57ea.jpg)
Philo McCullough
USA
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Love Crazy (1941)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
![Moroni Olsen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/298/159298409_d4a028.jpg)
Moroni Olsen
USA
Best movies:
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Mildred Pierce (1945)
![Douglas Kennedy](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/317/159317993_cb0e52.jpg)
Douglas Kennedy
USA
Best movies:
Adventures of Don Juan (1948)
Johnny Belinda (1948)
North West Mounted Police (1940)
![Fred Kelsey](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/440/159440935_32eef6.jpg)
Fred Kelsey
USA
Best movies:
Mildred Pierce (1945)
Love Is News (1937)
Storm Warning (1951)
![Amzie Strickland](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/223/160223023_ad7cdf.jpg)
Amzie Strickland
USA
Best movies:
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
The Barkleys of Broadway (1949)
Scarlet Street (1945)
![Mary Field](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/223/160223101_ee4008.jpg)
Mary Field
USA
Best movies:
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
The Three Faces of Eve (1957)
You Were Never Lovelier (1942)
![Elisabeth Risdon](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/343/160343466_7063a3.jpg)
Elisabeth Risdon
UK
Best movies:
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
Reap the Wild Wind (1942)
Random Harvest (1942)
![Philip Van Zandt](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/765/160765025_f61bda.jpg)
Philip Van Zandt
Netherlands
Best movies:
Citizen Kane (1941)
Gilda (1946)
Life with Father (1947)