When I Grow Up

Bobby takes on the elderly

When I Grow Up — Plot

Josh is a young boy who feels neglected and misunderstood at home. Preparing to run away, he chances across an old diary once kept by his grandfather. Leafing through the yellowed pages, Josh discovers that Grandpa went through many of the same childhood travails that he is enduring at that moment. Armed with a renewed understanding of and appreciation for his elders, Josh decides to stick around for a while and see how things develop.

• Release date
• April 19, 1951
• Runtime
• 90 min
• Genres
• Drama
• Director
• Michael Kanin

When I Grow Up — Cast

Bobby Driscoll Josh / Danny Reed Robert Preston Father Reed Martha Scott Mother Reed Sherry Jackson Ruthie Reed John Wilder Duckface Kelly Frances Chaney Mrs. Kelly Poodles Hanneford Bobo Ralph Dumke Carp