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  • The Girl Next Door (1953)
  • Approved
    92 min | Comedy, Musical
The Girl Next Door (1953)
Approved
92 min | Comedy, Musical

Stage-and-night club star Jeannie Laird (June Haver) buys her first home, and everyone who is anyone comes to her first garden party only to be blinded by smoke from next door. Jeannie charges next door to bawl out her new neighbor and ...See moreStage-and-night club star Jeannie Laird (June Haver) buys her first home, and everyone who is anyone comes to her first garden party only to be blinded by smoke from next door. Jeannie charges next door to bawl out her new neighbor and meets comic-strip artist Bill Carter (Dan Dailey). Bill has devoted himself to his strip and raising his ten-year-old son Joe (Billy Gray) since the death of his wife. Joe bases his strip on the everyday happenings of he and his son and is proud of keeping it scrupulously honest. After Jeannie and Bill fall in love, young Joe is hurt, especially when Bill starts using a lot of the father-son time to be with Jeannie. Bill cancels a father-son trip to Canada, and Joe decides to write a letter to Bill's syndicate pointing out that the current plot line of the script being set in Canada isn't honest, since they didn't go. Written by Les Adams See less
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Director
Writers
Isobel Lennart (screenplay) | Leslie Bush-Fekete (story) (as L. Bush-Fekete) | Maria Fagyas (story) (as Mary Helen Fay)
Producer
Cinematographer
Editor
Robert L. Simpson (as Robert Simpson)
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Updated May 13, 1953

Release date
May 13, 1953 (United States)

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Cast

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52 cast members
Name Known for
Dan Dailey
Bill Carter Bill Carter   See fewer
June Haver
Jeannie Laird Jeannie Laird   See fewer
Dennis Day
Reed Appleton Reed Appleton   See fewer
Billy Gray
Joe Carter Joe Carter   See fewer
Cara Williams
Rosie Green Rosie Green   See fewer
Natalie Schafer
Evelyn the maid Evelyn the maid   See fewer
Clinton Sundberg
Samuels the butler Samuels the butler   See fewer
Hayden Rorke
Henry Fields Henry Fields   See fewer
Paul Bradley
Party Guest (uncredited) Party Guest (uncredited)   See fewer
Douglas Brooks
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited) Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)   See fewer
Jimmy Brooks
Dancer (uncredited) Dancer (uncredited)   See fewer
Bob Carraher
Policeman (uncredited) Policeman (uncredited)   See fewer
Steve Carruthers
Party Guest (uncredited) Party Guest (uncredited)   See fewer
Gordon B. Clarke
Headwaiter (uncredited) Headwaiter (uncredited)   See fewer
James Conaty
Party Guest (uncredited) Party Guest (uncredited)   See fewer
Paul Cristo
Passenger (uncredited) Passenger (uncredited)   See fewer
Gene Dailey
Dancer (uncredited) Dancer (uncredited)   See fewer
Jack Dodds
Dancer (uncredited) Dancer (uncredited)   See fewer
Joe Evans
Reporter (uncredited) Reporter (uncredited)   See fewer
Tom Ferrandini
Party Guest (uncredited) Party Guest (uncredited)   See fewer
Joe Gilbert
Party Guest (uncredited) Party Guest (uncredited)   See fewer
Jack Harmon
Dancer (uncredited) Dancer (uncredited)   See fewer
Joe Haworth
Photographer (uncredited) Photographer (uncredited)   See fewer
Ted Jordan
Photographer (uncredited) Photographer (uncredited)   See fewer
Kenner G. Kemp
Party Guest (uncredited) Party Guest (uncredited)   See fewer
Mona Knox
Smitty (uncredited) Smitty (uncredited)   See fewer
Don Kohler
Customs Official (uncredited) Customs Official (uncredited)   See fewer
Joseph La Cava
Waiter (uncredited) Waiter (uncredited)   See fewer
Matt Mattox
Jeannie's Dance Partner (uncredited) Jeannie's Dance Partner (uncredited)   See fewer
Frank McLure
Club Patron (uncredited) Club Patron (uncredited)   See fewer
Harold Miller
Party Guest (uncredited) Party Guest (uncredited)   See fewer
Hans Moebus
Party Guest (uncredited) Party Guest (uncredited)   See fewer
Roger Moore
Photographer (uncredited) Photographer (uncredited)   See fewer
Al Murphy
Photographer (uncredited) Photographer (uncredited)   See fewer
Monty O'Grady
Party Guest (uncredited) Party Guest (uncredited)   See fewer
John Pedrini
Party Guest (uncredited) Party Guest (uncredited)   See fewer
Fred Perce
Party Guest (uncredited) Party Guest (uncredited)   See fewer
Foster H. Phinney
Party Guest (uncredited) Party Guest (uncredited)   See fewer
Michael Ross
Patrolman O'Toole (uncredited) Patrolman O'Toole (uncredited)   See fewer
Jeffrey Sayre
Party Guest (uncredited) Party Guest (uncredited)   See fewer
Bernard Sell
Party Guest (uncredited) Party Guest (uncredited)   See fewer
Gregg Sherwood
Franny (uncredited) Franny (uncredited)   See fewer
Bert Stevens
Party Guest (uncredited) Party Guest (uncredited)   See fewer
Charles Tannen
Reporter (uncredited) Reporter (uncredited)   See fewer
Beverly Thompson
Susie (uncredited) Susie (uncredited)   See fewer
Herb Vigran
Police Sergeant (uncredited) Police Sergeant (uncredited)   See fewer
Charles Wagenheim
Junkman (uncredited) Junkman (uncredited)   See fewer
Lyn Wilde
Peggy (uncredited) Peggy (uncredited)   See fewer
Wilson Wood
Photographer (uncredited) Photographer (uncredited)   See fewer
June Wurster
Maggie (uncredited) Maggie (uncredited)   See fewer
May Wynn
Mitzi (uncredited) Mitzi (uncredited)   See fewer
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