Room for One More (film)

Room for One More
File:Room for one more poster.jpg Film poster
Directed by	Norman Taurog
Produced by	Henry Blanke
Screenplay by	Jack Rose Melville Shavelson
Based on	Room for One More 1950 book by Anna Perrott Rose
Starring	Cary Grant Betsy Drake
Music by	Max Steiner
Cinematography	Robert Burks
Edited by	Alan Crosland, Jr.
Distributed by	Warner Brothers
Release dates	January 10, 1952 (1952-01-10)
Running time	98 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$1,079,000
Box office	$2.75 million (US)

Room for One More (1952) is a comedy-drama film starring Cary Grant and directed by Norman Taurog. The movie became the basis for a short-lived television series with a different cast, Room for One More, in 1962.

Plot

Anna (Betsy Drake) visits an orphanage and decides to foster a child. Jane, a very unhappy 13-year-old, moves in with her, her engineer husband, "Poppy" Rose (Cary Grant), and her three children. Later, 12-year-old orphan Jimmy-John, who has a physical disability, also moves in with them. Despite some setbacks, the children overcome their earlier difficulties and become full members of the family.

Cast

• Cary Grant as George "Poppy" Rose
• Betsy Drake as Anna Rose
• Lurene Tuttle as Miss Kenyon
• Randy Stuart as Mrs. Foreman
• John Ridgely as Harry Foreman
• Irving Bacon as The Mayor
• Mary Treen as Mrs. Roberts
• Hayden Rorke as The Doctor
• Iris Mann as Jane
• George Winslow as Teenie
• Clifford Tatum Jr. as Jimmy-John
• Gay Gordon as Trot
• Malcolm Cassell as Tim
• Larry Olsen as Ben Roberts
• Dabbs Greer as the Scoutmaster

External links

• Room for One More at IMDb
• Room for One More at the TCM Movie Database
• Room for One More at AllMovie
• Room for One More at the American Film Institute Catalog