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Apartment for Peggy
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Apartment for Peggy

1948-09-30 · 96 min · ★ 8.2

Drama · Comedy

Professor Henry Barnes decides he's lived long enough and contemplates suicide. His attitude is changed by Peggy Taylor, a chipper young mother-to-be who charms him into renting out his attic as an apartment for her and her husband Jason, a former GI struggling to finish college.

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Directors
George Seaton
Production companies
20th Century Fox
Countries
United States of America
Status
Released

Top Cast

Jeanne CrainJeanne CrainPeggy Taylor
William HoldenWilliam HoldenJason Taylor
Edmund GwennEdmund GwennProf. Henry C. Barnes
Gene LockhartGene LockhartProf. Edward Bell
Griff BarnettGriff BarnettDr. Philip Conway
Randy StuartRandy StuartDorothy
Betty LynnBetty LynnWife
Marion MarshallMarion MarshallRuth
Pati BehrsJeanne
Charles LaneCharles LaneProf. Collins (uncredited)
Gene NelsonGene NelsonJerry (uncredited)
Ray WalkerRay WalkerCarson (uncredited)
Almira SessionsAlmira SessionsMrs. Landon
Houseley StevensonHouseley StevensonProf. T.J. Beck
Henri LetondalHenri LetondalProf. Roland Pavin

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