Cheaper by the Dozen

Based On the book by Frank Bunker Gilbreth, Jr.

Cheaper by the Dozen is a 1950 American comedy film based upon the autobiographical book Cheaper by the Dozen (1948) by Frank Bunker Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey. The film and book describe life in a family with twelve children in Montclair, New Jersey. The story of the Gilbreth family is continued in the book Belles on Their Toes, which was adapted as a film in 1952, with some of the original cast.

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Release date:

1950

Director:

Walter Lang

Cast:

Clifton Webb, Myrna Loy, Jeanne Crain, Betty Lynn, Edgar Buchanan

Genre:

Drama, Comedy

Country:

United States

Language:

English

Year page:

1950 in adaptations