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Confidentially Connie (1953)

Texas cattleman Opie Bedloe comes to Maine to visit his son Joe, a college instructor, and his wife Connie in the hopes of persuading Joe to give up his teaching career and come back to Texas and take over the ranch. When Opie finds out that Connie, who is expecting a baby, can not afford the steaks she yearns for on Joe's salary, Opie, who believes that pregnant women gotta have meat, arranges for the local butcher, Spangenberg to cut his prices in half (with Opie paying the difference) so that Connie can have the meat she desires.

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  • Comedy

Top billed cast

  • Photo of Van JohnsonVan JohnsonJoe Bedloe
  • Photo of Janet LeighJanet LeighConnie Bedloe
  • Photo of Louis CalhernLouis CalhernOpie Bedloe
  • Photo of Walter SlezakWalter SlezakEmil Spangenberg
  • Photo of Gene LockhartGene LockhartDean Edward E. Magruder
  • Photo of Hayden RorkeHayden RorkeProf. Simmons
  • Photo of Robert BurtonRobert BurtonDr. Willis Shoop
  • Photo of Marilyn ErskineMarilyn ErskinePhyllis Archibald
  • Photo of Kathleen LockhartKathleen LockhartMrs. Martha Magruder
  • Photo of Arthur SpaceArthur SpaceProf. Archie Archibald

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