Bachelor Mother (1939)
Overview · Where to watch · Cast & crew · Reviews
"And a little child shall lead them"... into the most delightfully surprising complications you've seen on the screen!
Polly Parrish, a clerk at Merlin's Department Store, is mistakenly presumed to be the mother of a foundling. Outraged at Polly's unmotherly conduct, David Merlin becomes determined to keep the single woman and "her" baby together.
- Released: 1939-06-30
- Genres: Comedy, Romance
- Runtime: 1h 22m
- Status: Released
- TMDB rating: 7.2/10 from 81 votes
Directed by Garson Kanin.
Top cast
- Ginger Rogers as Polly Parrish
- David Niven as David Merlin
- Charles Coburn as J. B. Merlin
- Frank Albertson as Freddie Miller
- E. E. Clive as Butler
- Elbert Coplen Jr. as Johnnie
- Ferike Boros as Mrs. Weiss
- Ernest Truex as Investigator
- Leonard Penn as Jerome Weiss
- Paul Stanton as Hargraves
Where to watch Bachelor Mother
- United States: rent on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home; buy on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Canada: buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video
- Australia: buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video
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