"Once upon a time, in sunny California …"

1956

1h 24m

7.1(62 votes)

Drama

Romance

Overview

When a toy manufacturer feels ignored and unappreciated by his wife and children, he begins to rekindle a past love when a former employee comes back into his life.

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Cast & Crew

48 members

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Fred MacMurray

Clifford Groves

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Barbara Stanwyck

Norma Miller Vale

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Joan Bennett

Marion Groves

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William Reynolds

Vincent 'Vinnie' Groves

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Pat Crowley

Ann

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Gigi Perreau

Ellen Groves

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Jane Darwell

Mme Rogers

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Race Gentry

Bob

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Myrna Hansen

Ruth

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Judy Nugent

Frances 'Frankie' Groves

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Paul Smith

Bellboy

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Helen Kleeb

Miss Walker

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Jane Howard

Flower Girl

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Frances Mercer

Ruth Doran

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Sheila Bromley

Woman from Pasadena

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Dorothy Bruce

Sales Manager

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Hermine Sterler

Tourist's Wife

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Fred Nurney

Tourist

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Hal Smith

Bartender

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Lulu Mae Bohrman

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John Breen

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Joe Brooks

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Jean Byron

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George Calliga

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Jack Chefe

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Beulah Christian

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June Clayworth

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Oliver Cross

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Charles Fogel

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Peter Gennaro

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Stuart Hall

Resort Guest (uncredited)

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Bert Holland

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Ross Hunter

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Vonne Lester

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Jack Lomas

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Louise Lorimer

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Patrick Miller

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Carlyle Mitchell

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Sol Murgi

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William H. O'Brien

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Charles Perry

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James Rawley

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Loretta Russell

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Jeffrey Sayre

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Norman Stevans

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Bert Stevens

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Loreli Vitek

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Mack Williams

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