Father Goose (film)

Father Goose is a 1964 American romantic comedy film set in World War II, starring Cary Grant, Leslie Caron and Trevor Howard. The title derives from Mother Goose, the codename assigned to Grants character. The film won an Academy Award for its screenplay. The film introduced the song Pass Me By by Cy Coleman and Carolyn Leigh, later recorded by Peggy Lee, Frank Sinatra and others.

Houghton finds a replacement watcher, but Eckland has to retrieve him from nearby Bundy Island. He unexpectedly finds Frenchwoman Catherine Freneau Leslie Caron and seven young schoolgirls under her care stranded there. She informs him that the man he came for was killed in an air raid, and Eckland reluctantly takes them back to Matalava with him.There is no way to evacuate them safely. At first, Houghton promises them a parachute drop with more supplies, but there is too much enemy activity in the area to accomplish it safely. The fastidious Freneau and the slovenly and uncouth Ecklands personalities clash they call each other Miss Goody Two Shoes and a rude, foulmouthed, drunken, filthy beast. He adjusts to her and her girls, however, and cares for her through what they mistakenly believe is a deadly snakebite. Freneau learns that Eckland had been a history professor before he fled civilization to the South Pacific. ........

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