When I Grow Up

1951

7.3 (3)

1 hr 30 min

Bobby takes on the elderly

$50,000

$100,000

No trailer available

Josh is a young boy who feels neglected and misunderstood at home. Preparing to run away, he chances across an old diary once kept by his grandfather. Leafing through the yellowed pages, Josh discovers that Grandpa went through many of the same childhood travails that he is enduring at that moment. Armed with a renewed understanding of and appreciation for his elders, Josh decides to stick around for a while and see how things develop.

Top Cast

Robert Preston as Father Reed

Martha Scott as Mother Reed

Sherry Jackson as Ruthie Reed

John Wilder as Duckface Kelly

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