Kathy O'
Kathy O' is a 1958 American CinemaScope Eastmancolor comedy-drama film directed by Jack Sher and starring Dan Duryea, Jan Sterling, Patty McCormack and Mary Fickett.
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| Directed by | Jack Sher |
| Produced by | Sy Gomberg |
| Screenplay by | Jack Sher Sy Gomberg |
| Story by | Jack Sher ("Memo on Kathy O'Rourke") |
| Starring | Dan Duryea Jan Sterling Patty McCormack Mary Fickett |
| Music by | Frank Skinner |
| Cinematography | Arthur E. Airling |
| Edited by | George Gittens |
Production company | Universal Pictures |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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Running time | 99 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Plot
Kathy O'Rourke (Patty McCormack) is a child actress who on screen portrays sweet loveable girls like Shirley Temple. In real life however Kathy is anything but sweet and instead acts as a self-centered brat. Publicity agent Harry Johnson (Dan Duryea) is tasked by the studio with the job of keeping a national magazine reporter, Celeste Saunders (Jan Sterling) from discovering that their child star is a devil and not an angel. His task is complicated by the fact that Celeste is his ex-wife. Much to his surprise Celeste and Kathy become great friends because Celeste treats Kathy like a kid and not a star. However, when Kathy runs away to be with Celeste, it's Harry who gets accused of kidnapping Kathy.
Cast
- Dan Duryea as Harry Johnson
- Jan Sterling as Celeste Saunders
- Patty McCormack as Kathy O'Rourke
- Mary Fickett as Helen Johnson
- Sam Levene as Ben Melnick
- Mary Jane Croft as Harriet Burton
- Rickey Kelman as Robert 'Bo' Johnson
- Terry Kelman as Tommy Johnson
- Ainslie Pryor as Lt. Chavez
- Barney Phillips as Matt Williams
- Mel Leonard as Sid
- Casey Walters as Billy Blair
- Walter Woolf King as Donald C. Faber
- Alexander Campbell as Bixby
- Joseph Sargent as Mike
- Mary Carver as Marge