That's My Boy (1951)

User Rating:

6.2/10   

Director:

Hal Walker

Writer:

Cy Howard (writer)

Release Date:

31 May 1951 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Sport

Tagline:

MADCAPS OF THE CAMPUS! (original print ad - all caps)

Plot:

The greatest player in Ridgefield College history uses his influence and reputation to get his only son, a sickly, uncoordinated nerd, on the college football team with comic results.

Plot Keywords:

College | Nerd | Coach | Quarterback | Co Ed

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Dean Martin	...	Bill Baker
Jerry Lewis	...	'Junior' Jackson
Ruth Hussey	...	Ann Jackson
Eddie Mayehoff	...	Jarring Jack Jackson
Marion Marshall	...	Terry Howard
Polly Bergen	...	Betty 'Babs' Hunter
Hugh Sanders	...	Coach Wheeler
John McIntire	...	Dr. Benjamin Green
Francis Pierlot	...	Henry Baker
Lillian Randolph	...	May (Maid)
Selmer Jackson	...	Doc Hunter (as Selmar Jackson)
Tom Harmon	...	Himself - Sports Announcer
Gregg Palmer	...	Student (as Palmer Lee)
Hazel Boyne	...	Miss Johnson - Housemother (as Hazel 'Sonny' Boyne)

Runtime:

104 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Recording)

Certification:

USA:Approved (certificate #15068) | Finland:S | Sweden:Btl

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum - 3911 S. Figueroa Street, Exposition Park, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Trivia:

The film's premise spun off into a TV series of the same name in 1954 with Eddie Mayehoff recreating his role as father and Gil Stratton in the Junior role: "That's My Boy" (1954).

Quotes:

Coach Wheeler: Must you wear glasses?
'Junior' Jackson: No, sir. Only when I want to see.

Movie Connections:

References The Freshman (1925)

Soundtrack:

I'm in the Mood for Love

Fairly Funny Movie

This is a somewhat funny movie with one serious flaw in it....Jerry Lewis's voice!....it was so irritating I had to turn the volume down....he talks with a half baby boy half nerd voice that gets under your skin....in his next few movies he had the same voice but not quite as bad,but in this one its so over the top it ruins any humor in that scene....and many times when he is talking he sounds like he is about to cry...I kept wishing Dean Martin would just land one clean punch when he started his whining....his next movie Sailors Beware was much better...simply too much Junior....and of course its always fun to see Jerry Lewis before he greased up his hair and transformed himself into Dean Martin.