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Dad for a Day

Edward L. Cahn

1939 • 11m

The "Our Gang" kids encourage a shy man to take a widow and her son to a picnic.

Dad for a Day

Cast

George McFarland

George McFarlandSpanky

Carl Switzer

Carl SwitzerAlfalfa

Robert Blake

Robert BlakeMickey Baker

Leonard 'Percy' Landy

Leonard 'Percy' LandyLeonard

Billie Thomas

Billie ThomasBuckwheat

Louis Jean Heydt

Louis Jean HeydtBill Henry, Mickey's surrogate dad

Arthur Q. Bryan

Arthur Q. BryanSpanky's dad

Peggy Shannon

Peggy ShannonMary Baker, Mickey's mother

Mary Treen

Mary TreenEmployment Agency Receptionist

Walter Sande

Walter SandeExtra

Harold SwitzerBoy in Back Row (uncredited)

Tom HerbertGas station patron

Darwood Kaye

Darwood KayeClub Member complimenting Mickey

Ben HallLeonard's Father

Herbert Lom

Herbert LomGas Station Patron

Crew

Edward L. Cahn

Edward L. CahnDirector

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Dad for a Day (1939) — Backlot Notes