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Confidentially Connie
Confidentially Connie

Confidentially Connie

She knew her way around men!

Genres

FamilyComedy

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Texas cattleman Opie Bedloe comes to Maine to visit his son Joe, a college instructor, and his wife Connie in the hopes of persuading Joe to give up his teaching career and come back to Texas and take over the ranch. When Opie finds out that Connie, who is expecting a baby, can not afford the steaks she yearns for on Joe's salary, Opie, who believes that pregnant women gotta have meat, arranges for the local butcher, Spangenberg to cut his prices in half (with Opie paying the difference) so that Connie can have the meat she desires.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

74 mins

Rating

5.3/10

Release Date

12 March 1953

Country

United States of America

Cast

Van Johnson

Van Johnson

Joe Bedloe

Janet Leigh

Janet Leigh

Connie Bedloe

Louis Calhern

Louis Calhern

Opie Bedloe

Walter Slezak

Walter Slezak

Emil Spangenberg

Gene Lockhart

Gene Lockhart

Dean Edward E. Magruder

Hayden Rorke

Hayden Rorke

Prof. Simmons

Robert Burton

Robert Burton

Dr. Willis Shoop

Marilyn Erskine

Marilyn Erskine

Phyllis Archibald

Kathleen Lockhart

Kathleen Lockhart

Mrs. Martha Magruder

Arthur Space

Arthur Space

Prof. Archie Archibald

Barbara Ruick

Barbara Ruick

Barbara

June Whitley Taylor

June Whitley Taylor

Betty Simmons (as June Whitley)

Dick Sands

Dick Sands

Moska

James Flavin

James Flavin

Harry (uncredited)

Byron Foulger

Byron Foulger

Prof. Rosenberg (uncredited)

Kathleen Freeman

Kathleen Freeman

Mother of Twins (uncredited)

Emory Parnell

Emory Parnell

Mr. Daveney (uncredited)

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