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B.F.'s Daughter is a american film of genre Drama directed by Robert Z. Leonard released in USA on 2 april 1948 with Barbara Stanwyck
B.F.'s Daughter (1948)
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Add to a movie listB.F.'s Daughter is a 1948 drama film directed by Robert Z. Leonard and starring Barbara Stanwyck and Van Heflin. It is adapted from John P. Marquand's controversial 1946 novel of the same name, but the movie script soft-pedals the controversial elements and is a fairly conventional love story. In the United Kingdom the film's title was changed to Polly Fulton, since "B.F." is a euphemism in England for "bloody fool."
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Polly Fulton (Barbara Stanwyck) is the only daughter of rich industrialist B.F. Fulton (Charles Coburn). She is involved in a long engagement to lawyer Bob Tasmin (Richard Hart), a pleasant, dependable gentleman who has the full approval of her family. Then she meets brash intellectual Tom Brett (Van Heflin), who blames many of the world's problems on the rich. Tom and Polly heartily dislike each other at first, but she finds him exciting compared to the likable "stuffed shirt" Tasmin. Soon Tom and Polly fall passionately in love and get married.Actors
Barbara Stanwyck
(Pauline 'Polly' Fulton Brett)
Van Heflin
(Thomas W. 'Tom' Brett)
Charles Coburn
(Burton F. 'B.F.' Fulton)
Richard Hart
(Robert S. 'Bob' Tasmin III)
Keenan Wynn
(Martin Delwyn 'Marty' Ainsley)
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