Daddy Wanted

Holger Hallman, CEO of a weapons factory try to prevent his son Tom from dating a manucurist, Lydia. By mistake he try to pay off the wrong manicurist, Mary, who by coincidence has a fiancé named Tom.

Cast

Sickan Carlsson

as Mary Broberg

Gunnar Björnstrand

as Shoe-shiner Tom, 'Plutten'

Karl-Arne Holmsten

as Tom Hallman

Erik 'Bullen' Berglund

as Hjalmar Broberg

Marianne Löfgren

as Matilda Hallman

Håkan Westergren

as Holger Hallman

Thor Modéen

as Staff Manager Captain Bäcklund

Vera Valdor

as Lydia

Artur Rolén

as Jönsson

Carin Swensson

as Karin

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