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Father Steps Out is a film of genre Comedy directed by Jean Yarbrough released in USA on 19 july 1941 with Frank Albertson
Father Steps Out (1941)
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Add to a movie listFather Steps Out is a 1941 American comedy film directed by Jean Yarbrough and starring Frank Albertson, Jed Prouty, Lorna Gray and Frank Faylen. It is a remake of the 1934 film City Limits.
Synopsis
Jimmy Dugan (Frank Albertson) is a shotgun newspaper journalist who would kill to get a scoop. He finds a lead to a great business story and manages to get an interview with the subject in question, J.B. Matthews (Jed Prouty), who is the CEO of Bay Shore Railroad. Matthews company owns the Midland Central Railroad, where Tom Oliver (John Dilson) is in charge.Actors
Frank Albertson
(Jimmy Dugan)
Jed Prouty
(J. B. Matthews)
Lorna Gray
(Helen Matthews)
Frank Faylen
(Tall Hobo 'King', aka The King of Siam)
Tristram "Tris" Coffin
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