Father Goose (Widescreen): Amazon.ca: Cary Grant, Leslie Caron, Trevor Howard, Jack Good, Sharyl Locke, Pip Sparke, Verina Greenlaw, Stephanie Berrington, Jennifer Berrington, Laurelle Felsette, Nicole Felsette, Alex Finlayson, Charles Lang, Ralph Nelson, Ted J. Kent, Robert Arthur, Frank Tarloff, Peter Stone, S.H. Barnett: DVD

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Cary Grant's penultimate feature before retirement was this cheerful 1964 effort to overturn his career-long image of urbane sophistication. As the unshaven, messy misanthrope Walter Eckland, a World War II-era beach bum who monitors Japanese air activity for the Australian navy in exchange for booze, Grant makes a convincingly hard-bitten, hard-drinking antihero. Until, that is, a pretty French schoolmistress (Leslie Caron) and her seven little charges (all girls) survive a nearby plane crash and invade Eckland's raunchy isolation. Directed by 1960s hit-maker Ralph Nelson (The Lilies of the Field, Charly), Father Goose is a glossy comedy that also does justice to its more suspenseful scenes (a deadly snakebite suffered by Caron's character is especially memorable) and leaves plenty of room for Grant to indulge in some entertaining if atypical screen behavior. All in all, this is a minor treat in the actor's magnificent filmography. --Tom Keogh

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3.0 out of 5 stars fine comedy, May 18 2001

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Byron Kolln (the corner where Broadway meets Hollywood) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Father Goose (VHS Tape)

Cary Grant and Leslie Caron make for an odd screen couple in the comedy FATHER GOOSE.

An indignant but lovable beachcomber is "drafted" by a Naval commander to watch a station on Matalava Island. Stranded, the beachcomber (Cary Grant) comes across a prim and proper school mistress (Leslie Caron) and her seven young charges, also marooned on the island.

Together, the pool their resources to help to Navy, as well as clashing and fighting!

The battle of the sexes has begun!

Directed by Ralph Nelson, also starring Trevor Howard.

Delightful comedy-adventure.

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5.0 out of 5 stars scruffy but handsome, Sep 20 2009

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Joni Cunningham "partsgurl" (chilliwack) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Father Goose (Widescreen) (DVD)

I am not of Mr.Grants era, but am very familiar with his movies, he was handsome and extremely comical somtimes alittle to perfect, which is why father goose really does it for me. I love this movie he is grumpy sexy and his comedy is superb. Teamed up with Trevor Howard another fantastic talent And the beautiful Leslie Caron,
These unlikely pairngs of talent bring laughter and warmth and romance in a way I have never seen before. My father introduce me to these kinds of pictures at an early age and of all of the movies he introduced me to 48 years later this is still and will always be my favorite, please and watch all of Cary's subtle gestures that only he cam make so hilarious.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Cary Grant plays an unshaven outcast!, Jun 29 2004

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Joseph H Pierre "Joe Pierre" (Salem, OR USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Father Goose (VHS Tape)

Director: Ralph Nelson
Format: Color
Studio: Republic Studios
Video Release Date: November 23, 1999

Cast:

Cary Grant ... Walter Christopher Eckland/Mother Goose
Leslie Caron ... Catherine Louise Marie Ernestine Freneau
Trevor Howard ... Commander Frank Houghton RAN/Big Bad Wolf
Jack Good ... Lieutenant Stebbings RAN/Bo Peep
Sharyl Locke ... Jenny
Pip Sparke ... Anne
Verina Greenlaw ... Christine
Stephanie Berrington ... Elizabeth Anderson
Jennifer Berrington ... Harriet 'Harry' MacGregor
Laurelle Felsette ... Angelique
Nicole Felsette ... Dominique
Alex Finlayson ... Doctor Bigrave
Peter Forster ... Chaplain
Richard Lupino ... Radioman
John Napier ... Lt. Cartwright, USS Sailfin Executive Officer
Simon Scott ... Captain of Submarine, USS Sailfin
Don Spruance ... Navigator
Ken Swofford ... Helmsman, Submarine USS Sailfin

An unkempt, scruffy Cary Grant plays an American ex-patriate during WWII who is running from civilization, but is recruited into the coast watcher service against his will by Commander Frank Houghton (Trevor Howard)of the Royal Australian Navy with promises of whisky as a bribe. While on an island radioing aircraft and ship traffic, he is induced to take a teacher (Leslie Caron) and her girl charges into his custody. Japanese forces are a constant threat, as well as the danger of snakebite, for which Cary Grant maintains a supply of snakebite remedy. Of course, it is suspected that he also carries a supply of snakes for the same purpose.

This is one of the last movies that Grant made. Two years after it was made, he retired from the movie industry.

The usually dapper, suave Grant, was out of character in this part: unshaven, scruffy, and a drunkard. It was a refreshing part for him, and he played it superbly.

It is a thoroughly entertaining film.

Joseph (Joe) Pierre

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