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Please Don't Eat the Daisies

1960-03-311h 52mComedy / Family / Romance6.2/10TMDB · 86 votes

Drama critic Larry Mackay, his wife Kate and their four sons move from their crowded Manhattan apartment to an old house in the country. While housewife Kate settles into suburban life, Larry continues to enjoy the theater and party scene of New York.

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Directed byCharles Walters

Original languageEnglish

Original release1960-03-31

ProductionUnited States of America

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Doris DayKate Mackay

David NivenLarry Mackay

Janis PaigeDeborah Vaughn

Spring ByingtonSuzie Robinson

Richard HaydnAlfred North

Patsy KellyMaggie

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Jack WestonJoe Positano John HardingNorman McQuarry Margaret LindsayMona James Carmen PhillipsMary Smith Mary PattonMrs. Hunter Charles HerbertDavid Mackay Stanley LivingstonGabriel Mackay Flip MarkGeorge Mackay Baby GellertAdam Mackay Bess FlowersLady in Elevator (uncredited)Milton FromeGus (uncredited)Leoda RichardsRestaurant Patron (uncredited)Benny RubinPete (uncredited)Irene TedrowMrs. Greenfield (uncredited)Barbara AberleGuest (uncredited)Eddie BakerSardi's Patron (uncredited)Mary BenoitGuest (uncredited)Bobette BentleyStudent (uncredited)Gail BonneyMiss Bonney (uncredited)Lovyss BradleyMaid (uncredited)John BrennanYoung Man (uncredited)Ella Mae BrownBrowser (uncredited)Jhean BurtonActress (uncredited)Lorraine CaldwellGuest (uncredited)Kathryn CardMrs. Yule (uncredited)Jack ChefeSardi's Headwaiter (uncredited)Richard CollierFabric Salesman (uncredited)Joseph CroninPianist (uncredited)Oliver CrossParty Guest (uncredited)Lucille CurtisGuest (uncredited)Robert DarinMinor Role (uncredited)Frank DelfinoMinor Role (uncredited)Burt DouglasYoung Man (uncredited)Amy DouglassMartha (uncredited)Joan DupuisMinor Role (uncredited)Estelle EtterreGuest (uncredited)Duke FishmanBrowser (uncredited)Donald FosterJustin Withers (uncredited)Marianne GabaYoung Girl (uncredited)Frank GardnerStudent (uncredited)Kenneth GibsonSardi's Patron (uncredited)James GonzalezActor in Play (uncredited)Stuart HallSardi's Patron (uncredited)Christian HarenMinor Role (uncredited)Stuart HolmesMona's Bald Party Guest (uncredited)Kenner G. KempParty Guest (uncredited)Marina KoshetzJane March (uncredited)Karyn KupcinetMinor Role (uncredited)Perk LazelleSardi's Patron (uncredited)Peter LeedsMackay's Secretary (uncredited)Len LesserWaiter at Sardi's (uncredited)Larry McCormickElevator Operator (uncredited)Claire MeadeDowager (uncredited)Harold MillerSardi's Patron / Elevator Passenger (uncredited)Paul PowerParty Guest (uncredited)Paul RavelWaiter (uncredited)John RiceElevator Passenger (uncredited)Clark RossElevator Passenger (uncredited)Cosmo SardoWaiter (uncredited)Charles SeelUpholstery Man (uncredited)Norman StevansSardi's Patron (uncredited)Guy StockwellYoung Man (uncredited)Lomax StudyElevator Operator (uncredited)Hal TaggartElevator Passenger (uncredited)Harry TenbrookElevator Passenger (uncredited)Geraldine WallDr. Sprouk (uncredited)Joseph WaringSalesman (uncredited)Ira L. WestleyBassist (uncredited)Frank WilcoxTV Interviewer (uncredited)

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