Although he's only seven, Eddie's got it all figured out. He wants his father, a widower, to get remarried — to the girl next door. Unfortunately, she's not one of the women that his dad's been dating.

Glenn Ford
as Tom Corbett

Shirley Jones
as Elizabeth Marten

Stella Stevens
as Dollye Daly

Ron Howard
as Eddie Corbett

Dina Merrill
as Rita Behrens

Roberta Sherwood
as Mrs. Livingston

Jerry Van Dyke
as Norman Jones

Carol Andreson
as Cigarette Girl (uncredited)

Ellen Atterbury
as Millie (uncredited)

Christopher Barrey
as Child Party Guest (uncredited)