

Father Goose
They're sharing a South Sea island with 7 little chaperones...and the Pacific as their battleground!
During World War II, South Sea beachcomber Walter Eckland is persuaded to spy on planes passing over his island. He gets more than he bargained for as schoolteacher Catherine Frenau arrives on the run from the Japanese with her pupils in tow!
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
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- Box office
- $12.5M
- Language
- French
- island
- airplane
- south seas
- coast watcher
- protective association
- child protection
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- TheatricalNew York City, New York10 Dec 1964
United KingdomGB
- TheatricalU24 Dec 1964
GermanyDE
- Theatrical1219 Feb 1965
ItalyIT
- Theatrical5 Mar 1965
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Father Goose was released on 10 December 1964.
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CinemaSerf
4/20/2025
“Walter” (Cary Grant) is a bit of a rogue who is conned into helping the war effort by “Houghton” (Trevor Howard) and so takes up residence on a remote Pacific island where he is to report sightings of Japanese aircraft, shipping etc. In return, he will be given his very own island Easter egg hunt - only it will be for bottles of Scotch, instead! He’s grumpily resigned to his duty until one day he encounters “Catheri…
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