Room for One More
1952 · Movie · NR · 98 min · ★ 6.5 · 79% critics
A warmhearted mother and her husband are already juggling life with three lively children when she insists on opening their home to an older orphan with serious emotional struggles. As the family adjusts, everyday routines turn into a mix of humor and heartfelt challenges that test patience, compassion, and what it means to belong.
Also known as The Easy Way
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Details
- Years
- 1952
- Release date
- 1952-01-10
- Language
- English
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 98 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 79/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.5/10 (52 votes)
About
If you enjoy old-fashioned, feel-good family stories about foster care and second chances, this may work for you; Not for you if you need gritty realism, modern pacing, or less sentimental humor like in The Parent Trap.
Pros: touching family message; funny, gentle moments; strong child performances | Cons: very dated tone; overly sweet, unrealistic; casting feels off
Themes
- disabled child
- vacation
- problem child
- based on memoir or autobiography
- parenting
- leg brace
- foster child
- handicap
- eagle scout
Cast & crew
Cary Grant
as George "Poppy" Rose
Betsy Drake
as Anna Perrott Rose
Lurene Tuttle
as Miss Kenyon
Randy Stuart
as Mrs. Gladys Foreman
John Ridgely
as Harry Foreman
Irving Bacon
as Mayor Michael J. Kane
Mary Treen
as Grace Roberts (as Mary Lou Treen)
- IM
Iris Mann
as Jane Miller
George Winslow
as Teenie Rose
- CJ
Clifford Tatum Jr.
as Jimmy John Wilson
Directed by Norman Taurog