US Release date: 30 September 1949
First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 27 May 1950
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA.
Running time: 84 minutes.
Director: John M. Stahl
Cast: Fred MacMurray, Maureen O’Hara & Betty Lynn
Australian Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Melbourne Premiere Venue: Hoyts Esquire Theatre for two weeks from 12 May 1950 supported by Blonde Ice
Suburban Release Type: Hoyts Victory EX-2
Rankings
| Rank | ||
| EF Points | 162 | 142 |
| EF PPE | 3.38 | 162 |
| Metres Travelled | 451,527 | 186 |
| Average MT | 9,407 | 327 |
| Engagements | 48 | 124 |
| Slots | 51 | 185 |
| Weeks | 3 | 214 |
| Weeks as % of engagements | 6.25% | 247 |
| Saturdays | 14 | 166 |
| Sats as % of engagements | 29.17% | 222 |
| Tuesdays | 31 | 20 |
| Tues as % of engagements | 64.58% | 46 |
| First billed | 38 | 105 |
| Second billed | 10 | 188 |
| Feature only | 0 | 34* |
Hoyts ratios
| Engagements weeks 1-10 | 48 |
| Ratio | 100.00% |
| Difference to chain ratio | 7.64% |
| Eng weeks 11-26 | 0 |
| Ratio | 0.00% |
| Difference to chain ratio | -5.39% |
| Eng weeks 27-52 | 0 |
| Ratio | 0.00% |
| Difference to chain ratio | -2.24% |
| Hoyts eng | 35 |
| Ratio | 72.92% |
| Difference to chain ratio | 7.14% |
| Independent eng | 2 |
| Ratio | 4.17% |
| Difference to chain ratio | -7.33% |
| Suburban eng | 11 |
| Ratio | 22.92% |
| Difference to chain ratio | 0.20% |
NOTES: Medicore Tuesday night night performer that despite two popular leads was ignored, probably due having American football as prominent subject matter. Its entire 48 engagements were done and dusted in seven weeks. Floodtide was its usual support, with Whiplash demoting it to second feature status on a few occasions
Father was a Fullback engagements
| SUBURB | VENUE | CHAIN | DATE | W | D | B | CO-FEATURE |
| St.Kilda | Victory | Hoyts | 27/5/50 | 1 | W | 2 | Whiplash |
| Caulfield | Crystal Palace | Suburban | 3/6/50 | 2 | S | 1 | Floodtide |
| Collingwood | Austral | Suburban | 3/6/50 | 2 | S | 2 | Whiplash |
| Malvern | New | Hoyts | 3/6/50 | 2 | S | 1 | Floodtide |
| North Fitzroy | Merri | Hoyts | 3/6/50 | 2 | S | 1 | Floodtide |
| Port Melbourne | Eclipse | Hoyts | 3/6/50 | 2 | S | 1 | Floodtide |
| Albert Park | Park | Hoyts | 3/6/50 | 2 | T | 1 | Floodtide |
| Fitzroy | Regent | Hoyts | 3/6/50 | 2 | T | 1 | Floodtide |
| Richmond | Cinema | Hoyts | 3/6/50 | 2 | T | 1 | Floodtide |
| South Yarra | Regent | Hoyts | 3/6/50 | 2 | T | 1 | Madness of the Heart |
| Brunswick | Padua | Hoyts | 3/6/50 | 2 | W | 2 | Whiplash |
| Windsor | New | Hoyts | 3/6/50 | 2 | W | 2 | Whiplash |
| Ascot Vale | Ascot | Suburban | 10/6/50 | 3 | S | 1 | Floodtide |
| Essendon | Plaza | Hoyts | 10/6/50 | 3 | S | 1 | Floodtide |
| Glenhuntly | Glenhuntly | Hoyts | 10/6/50 | 3 | S | 1 | Floodtide |
| Northcote | Northcote | Suburban | 10/6/50 | 3 | T | 1 | Floodtide |
| Richmond | Globe | Suburban | 10/6/50 | 3 | T | 1 | Floodtide |
| Ascot Vale | Waratah | Hoyts | 10/6/50 | 3 | T | 1 | Floodtide |
| Brighton | Centre | Hoyts | 10/6/50 | 3 | T | 1 | Floodtide |
| Coburg | Grand | Hoyts | 10/6/50 | 3 | T | 1 | Floodtide |
| Elsternwick | Renown | Hoyts | 10/6/50 | 3 | T | 1 | Illegal Entry |
| Essendon | Circle | Hoyts | 10/6/50 | 3 | T | 1 | Floodtide |
| Thornbury | Regent | Hoyts | 10/6/50 | 3 | T | 1 | Floodtide |
| Bentleigh | Bentleigh | Hoyts | 17/6/50 | 4 | S | 2 | Whiplash |
| Footscray | Trocadero | Hoyts | 17/6/50 | 4 | S | 2 | Whiplash |
| Glenferrie | Palace | Hoyts | 17/6/50 | 4 | S | 1 | Floodtide |
| Hampton | Southern | Hoyts | 17/6/50 | 4 | S | 2 | Whiplash |
| Newmarket | Newmarket | Suburban | 17/6/50 | 4 | T | 1 | Once Upon a Dream |
| Balwyn | Time | Hoyts | 17/6/50 | 4 | T | 1 | Floodtide |
| Brunswick | Alhambra | Hoyts | 17/6/50 | 4 | T | 2 | Whiplash |
| Camberwell | Broadway | Hoyts | 17/6/50 | 4 | T | 1 | Floodtide |
| Carnegie | Carnegie | Hoyts | 17/6/50 | 4 | T | 1 | Green Promise |
| Gardiner | Regent | Hoyts | 17/6/50 | 4 | T | 1 | Floodtide |
| Kew | Rialto | Hoyts | 17/6/50 | 4 | T | 1 | Floodtide |
| Preston | Circle | Hoyts | 17/6/50 | 4 | T | 1 | Floodtide |
| Hartwell | Regal | Suburban | 24/6/50 | 5 | S | 1 | Floodtide |
| North Fitzroy | Palace | Suburban | 24/6/50 | 5 | T | 1 | Floodtide |
| Brunswick | Lygon | Hoyts | 24/6/50 | 5 | T | 1 | Floodtide |
| Canterbury | Maling | Hoyts | 24/6/50 | 5 | T | 1 | Floodtide |
| Footscray | Barkly | Hoyts | 24/6/50 | 5 | T | 2 | Whiplash |
| Ivanhoe | Ivanhoe | Hoyts | 24/6/50 | 5 | T | 1 | Floodtide |
| Malvern | Victory | Hoyts | 24/6/50 | 5 | T | 1 | Floodtide |
| North Melbourne | Loco | Independent | 1/7/50 | 6 | T | 1 | Valiant Hombre |
| Fairfield | Fairfield | Suburban | 1/7/50 | 6 | T | 1 | Once Upon a Dream |
| Yarraville | St. George | Suburban | 1/7/50 | 6 | T | 1 | Floodtide |
| Williamstown | Shore | Hoyts | 1/7/50 | 6 | T | 1 | Floodtide |
| Clifton Hill | Clifton | Suburban | 8/7/50 | 7 | S | 2 | Whiplash |
| Oakleigh | Paramount | Independent | 8/7/50 | 7 | T | 1 | Floodtide |
The 1950 Project 