
Daddy Long Legs
1955 · 2h 6m · Romance · United States of America · Rated TP (FR)
Wealthy American, Jervis Pendleton has a chance encounter at a French orphanage with a cheerful 18-year-old resident, and anonymously pays for her education at a New England college. She writes letters to her mysterious benefactor regularly, but he never writes back. Several years later, he visits her at school, while still concealing his identity, and—despite their large age difference—they soon fall in love.
Directed by
Jean NegulescoBased on the novel by
Jean Webster6.2Smart score
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