When I Grow Up (1951)

7.3/10 • 90 min • Drama

Overview

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.

Cast

Bobby Driscoll

Josh / Danny Reed

Robert Preston

Martha Scott

Sherry Jackson

John Wilder

Frances Chaney

Poodles Hanneford

Ralph Dumke

Paul Guilfoyle

Griff Barnett

Charley Grapewin

Harry Morgan

Father Reed (Modern)

Elisabeth Fraser

Robert Hyatt

Hamilton Camp

Ruth Lee

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