Father Goose (film)
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Father Goose is a 1964 film about a man who is persuaded to live on an isolated island and spot aircraft during World War II finds himself responsible for a teacher and several students, all female.
- Directed by Ralph Nelson. Written by S.H. Barnett, Peter Stone, and Frank Tarloff.
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Walter Eckland [edit]
- Let me tell you I am not a father figure. I am not a brother figure or an uncle figure or a cousin figure. In fact, the only figure I intend being is a total stranger figure.
- Maybe if you stopped straightening pictures and let men wear their own pants, maybe they'd be able to touch you without asking "permesso!"
- [Catherine is about to mention the list of needs to Frank] Now hold on, you've taken over my house, my clothes, my food, but the radio is still my responsibility! [reads from the list] 8 nighties...[gives the list to Catherine and wanders off]
- So far you're shared me out of my clothes, my food and my house. Now, how about sharing some of my things with me.
Dialogue [edit]
- Walter: [about the Coast Watching Service] We've been friends for a long time. Do you really think you can talk me into it?
- Houghton: No, I suppose you're right. Stebbings, confiscate all the small craft on this pier.
- Stebbings: But this is the only one there is, Sir.
- Houghton: Confiscate it.
- Stebbings: Yes, sir.
- Walter: Frank, you can't do that! I'll go over your head! Who's in charge here?
- Stebbings: He is!
- Walter: Frank, you can't do that to me! That boat's all I have!
- Houghton: You said we've been friends for a long time, Walter. Do you really think you can talk me out of it?
- Walter: All those miles of open sea and back again a man would need something to keep warm, now, wouldn't he?
- Houghton: 2 bottles.
- Walter: All of them, Frank.
- Houghton: Three.
- Walter: All of them, Frank.
- Houghton: Five.
- Walter: All of them, Frank.
- Houghton: Got a pencil?
- Catherine: Do you have a boat?
- Walter: No. I walked.
- Catherine: [Eckland has sucked the "poison" from Catherine's "snakebite"; she is a little drunk from the whiskey] Tell me, I would like to know - what did my blood taste like?
- Walter: Delicious. Now, come one.
- Catherine: No, no, no, I'm serious. What did it taste like?
- Walter: Well how would I know? I'm not a vampire,
- Catherine: Um, was it salty?
- Walter: Mmm, a little salty, yes.
- Catherine: Too salty?
- Walter: No, it was just right.
- Catherine: Oh, no! You thought it was too salty, I can tell! You didn't like it! [she seems on the verge of crying]
- Walter: I liked it!
- Catherine: Oh, really?
- Walter: Uh-huh, I liked it!
- Catherine: You're not just saying that?
- Walter: Great blood!
- Catherine: Look at their clothes.
- Walter: They're my clothes.
- Catherine: But they're filthy.
- Walter: No, they're dirty, I'm filthy.
- Walter: [teaching Catherine to fish bare-handed; in a hushed voice] Hey, here she comes again.
- Catherine: How do you know it's a "she"?
- Walter: Her mouth is open, now be quiet.
- Stebbings: SIR! Mother Goose is requesting a chaplain!
- Houghton: A chaplain? Good heavens, he's killed her!
- Stebbings: No sir, they want to get married!
- Houghton: MARRIED? GOODY TWO-SHOES AND THE FILTHY BEAST?!
- Walter: What does this volunteer programme involve?
- Stebbings: It's a chance to become a hero!
- Houghton: [dryly] That will be all, Stebbings.
Cast [edit]
- Cary Grant - Walter Christopher Eckland (Mother Goose)
- Leslie Caron - Catherine Freneau (Goody Two Shoes)
- Trevor Howard - Commander Frank Houghton (Big Bad Wolf)
- Jack Good - Lieutenant Stebbings (Bo Peep)
- Sharyl Locke - Jenny
- Pip Sparke - Anne
- Verina Greenlaw - Christine
- Stephanie Berrington - Elizabeth Anderson
- Jennifer Berrington - Harriet MacGregor
- Laurelle Felsette - Angelique
- Nicole Felsette - Dominique
External links [edit]
- Father Goose quotes at the Internet Movie Database
- Father Goose at Rotten Tomatoes
