The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer backdrop

The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer poster

Quick Info

Rating

6.9/10

Release1947

Runtime1h 35m

StatusReleased

Budget$1,961,000

Revenue$5,550,000

Production

RKO Radio Pictures

Movie

The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer

1947

1h 35m

6.9

Comedy

Romance

Synopsis

Teenager Susan Turner, with a severe crush on playboy artist Richard Nugent, sneaks into his apartment to model for him and is found there by her sister Judge Margaret Turner. Threatened with jail, Nugent agrees to date Susan until the crush abates.

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