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Good Morning, Miss Dove is a 1955 DeLuxe Color and CinemaScope film which tells the sentimental story of a beloved schoolteacher who reflects back on her life and former students when she is hospitalized. It stars Jennifer Jones, Robert Stack, Kipp Hamilton, Robert Douglas, Peggy Knudsen, Marshall Thompson, Chuck Connors, and Mary Wickes.
The screenplay was adapted by Eleanor Griffin and based on the bestselling novel by Mrs. Frances Gray Patton, Good Morning, Miss Dove which was based on three short stories she had written for The Ladies Home Journal: The Terrible Miss Dove, Miss Dove and Judgment Day and Miss Dove and the Maternal Instinct. The film was directed by Henry Koster.
A 60-minute TV adaptation, with Phyllis Kirk in the Jennifer Jones role, was seen in 1956 as part of the weekly anthology The 20th Century-Fox Hour.
Original Release
11/23/1955
US Release
11/23/1955
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Jennifer Jones | Miss Dove |
Robert Stack | Dr. Tommy Baker |
Kipp Hamilton | Virginia Baker |
Robert Douglas | John Porter |
Peggy Knudsen | Billie Jean Green |
Marshall Thompson | Wilfred Banning Pendleton III |
Chuck Connors | Bill Holloway |
Biff Elliot | Reverend Alex Burnham |
Jerry Paris | Maurice Levine |
Mary Wickes | Miss Lorraine Ellwood |
Directors
Writers
Eleanore Griffin, Frances Gray Patton
Cast
Name | Character |
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Jennifer Jones | Miss Dove |
Robert Stack | Dr. Tommy Baker |
Kipp Hamilton | Virginia Baker |
Robert Douglas | John Porter |
Peggy Knudsen | Billie Jean Green |
Marshall Thompson | Wilfred Banning Pendleton III |
Chuck Connors | Bill Holloway |
Biff Elliot | Reverend Alex Burnham |
Jerry Paris | Maurice Levine |
Mary Wickes | Miss Lorraine Ellwood |
Jean Andren | Bank Secretary |
Pamela Baird | School Girl |
Linda Bennett | Margaret |
Steven Benson | Student |
Arthur Berkeley | Townsman at Bank |
Linda Brace | Jacqueline Wood |
Leslie Bradley | Alonso Dove |
Janet Brandt | Mrs. Levine |
Tim Cagney | Robert |
Alfred Caiazza | Maurice Levine - Child |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Darryl F. Zanuck | Executive Producer |
Samuel G. Engel | Producer |