Listen, Darling

Oct 21, 1938

1h 15m

★ 6.5

See it with a song in your heart!

Overview

To stop Pinkie's widowed, struggling mother Dottie from marrying a well-off older man they know she doesn't love, teenager Pinkie and her best friend Buzz kidnap her in the family travel trailer to live a carefree life on the open road. They then get the idea to find Dottie a financially secure husband whom both she and Pinkie would like.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Romance

Family

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

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Cast

Pinkie Wingate

Judy Garland

Buzz Mitchell

Freddie Bartholomew

Dottie Wingate

Mary Astor

Richard Thurlow

Walter Pidgeon

J.J. Slattery

Alan Hale

Billie Wingate

Scotty Beckett

Arthur Drubbs

Gene Lockhart

Joe Higgins

Charley Grapewin

Abercrombie

Barnett Parker

Motorcycle Policeman (uncredited)

Edgar Dearing

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