Bundle of Joy

Dec 12, 1956

1h 38m

★ 6.2

Full of love, songs, laughs and surprises!

Overview

Kitschy musical remake of "Bachelor Mother". Debbie Reynolds plays an over-eager clerk in a large department store and Eddie Fisher plays the boss' son. After getting fired from her job, she finds an adorable baby on the steps of the foundling home and the folks inside mistake her for the mother. Fisher, well-meaning, but obtuse, tries to help her out with the baby, and the buds of romance begin to appear. Meanwhile old Merlin, the owner of the store, thinks he just might be a grandfather...

Genres

Comedy

Music

Romance

Production Companies

Edmund Grainger Productions

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Cast

Dan Merlin

Eddie Fisher

Polly Parish

Debbie Reynolds

J. B. Merlin

Adolphe Menjou

Freddie Miller

Tommy Noonan

Mary

Nita Talbot

Mrs. Dugan

Una Merkel

Adams, the Butler

Melville Cooper

Mr. Creely

Bill Goodwin

Mr. Appleby

Howard McNear

Matron

Mary Treen

Dance Contest Judge

Edward Brophy

Mike Clancy

Gil Stratton

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