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When I Grow Up

60 %|Apr 19, 1951|Drama

Josh is a young boy who feels neglected and misunderstood at home. Preparing to run away, he chances across an old diary once kept by his grandfather. Leafing through the yellowed pages, Josh discovers that Grandpa went through many of the same childhood travails that he is enduring at that moment. Armed with a renewed understanding of and appreciation for his elders, Josh decides to stick around for a while and see how things develop.

Featured Crew

Jack Broder
Associate Producer
Sam Spiegel
Producer
Jerome Moross
Music
Edward Mann
Editor
Bruce Schoengarth
Editor
Nicolai Remisoff
Art Direction
Edward R. Robinson
Set Decoration
Norma Koch
Costume Design

Cast

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Bobby Driscoll
Josh / Danny Reed
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Robert Preston
Father Reed
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Martha Scott
Mother Reed
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Sherry Jackson
Ruthie Reed
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John Wilder
Duckface Kelly
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Frances Chaney
Mrs. Kelly
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Paul Levitt
Carp's Assistant
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Griff Barnett
Dr. Bailey
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Margaret Lloyd
Volunteer Nurse
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Charley Grapewin
Grandpa Reed
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Harry Morgan
Father Reed (Modern)
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Elisabeth Fraser
Mother Reed
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Ruth Lee
Bully's Mother
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Donald Gordon
Harmonica Boy
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Robert Gordon
Boy with Water Trough