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When I Grow Up
When I Grow Up
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When I Grow Up

1951
Directed byMichael Kanin
1h 30m

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.

CAST
Bobby DriscollJosh / Danny ReedRobert PrestonFather Reed
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Sherry JacksonRuthie Reed
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Ralph DumkeCarp
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Paul LevittCarp's Assistant
DETAILS
GENRES
Drama
STATUSReleased
RATING
6.5

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