ComedyDrama

Good Morning, Miss Dove

Miss Dove is a prim New England school teacher who is treasured by her students in the small town of Liberty Hill. When she falls ill, a kindly doctor, who is a former student of Miss Dove's, comes to her aid. As many of her pupils, present and past, come to see her in the hospital, they reveal how Miss Dove has greatly impacted their lives over the years. These visitors include a police officer, a playwright, a banker, a convict, and an unmarried mother.

Release Date : 1955-11-23

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : 20th Century Fox

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Miss Dove

Original Name : Jennifer Jones

Gender : Female

Character Name : Dr. Tommy Baker

Original Name : Robert Stack

Gender : Male

Character Name : Virginia Baker

Original Name : Kipp Hamilton

Gender : Female

Character Name : John Porter

Original Name : Robert Douglas

Gender : Male

Character Name : Billie Jean Green

Original Name : Peggy Knudsen

Gender : Female

Character Name : Wilfred Banning Pendleton III

Original Name : Marshall Thompson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bill Holloway

Original Name : Chuck Connors

Gender : Male

Character Name : Reverend Alex Burnham

Original Name : Biff Elliot

Gender : Male

Character Name : Maurice Levine

Original Name : Jerry Paris

Gender : Male

Character Name : Miss Lorraine Ellwood

Original Name : Mary Wickes

Gender : Female

Character Name : Student

Original Name : Steven Benson

Gender : Male

Character Name : School Girl

Original Name : Cindy Carol

Gender : Female

Character Name : School Girl

Original Name : Joanne Gilbert

Gender : Female

Character Name : Student

Original Name : Brian G. Hutton

Gender : Male

Character Name : Night Nurse

Original Name : Jean Inness

Gender : Female

Character Name : Dr. Hurley

Original Name : Robert Lynn

Gender : Male

Character Name : School Girl (uncredited)

Original Name : Pamela Baird

Gender : Female

Character Name : Mr. Spivvy (uncredited)

Original Name : Richard Deacon

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mrs. Aldredge (uncredited)

Original Name : Mina Cunard

Gender : Female

Character Name : Mrs. Rigsbee (uncredited)

Original Name : Virginia Christine

Gender : Female

Character Name : Ann (uncredited)

Original Name : Virginia Carroll

Gender : Male

Character Name : Alonso Dove (uncredited)

Original Name : Leslie Bradley

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mrs. Levine (uncredited)

Original Name : Janet Brandt

Gender : Female

Character Name : Townswoman at Bank (uncredited)

Original Name : Helen Dickson

Gender : Female

Character Name : Annabell (uncredited)

Original Name : Cheryl Callaway

Gender : Female

Character Name : Man at Graduation (uncredited)

Original Name : Sam Harris

Gender : Male

Character Name : (uncredited)

Original Name : Alfred Caiazza

Gender : Male

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2023-11-14

Jennifer Jones is quite good here as the pernickety "Miss Dove". She's a no-nonsense school mistress who finds herself a bit poorly one day. Luckily the pupil she is disciplining happens to be the son of her doctor, so he is sent for and shortly thereafter she is carried, stirrup fashion, from her school to the hospital. Quickly, we all discover that although she gives off the aura of a bit of an austere woman, she is actually highly respected by a community that is appreciative of her style of teaching. To illustrate this, we embark on a series of flashbacks as the great and the good from the town arrive to say hello and we learn just how her education helped to make them the people they are today. As we progress, "Miss Dove" begins to come across as a decent, at times shrewd, lady who knows there are more ways to skin a cat. There's the merest hint of jeopardy as we find out just how ill the lady is, and just how risky the corrective process might be but this isn't the kind of drama that is gonna end up with anyone in a wooden box. The story is simple, charming and extols the often undervalued role of a good, fair and learned school teacher. Not in any pontifical way, but by allowing the citizens gratitude to demonstrate that despite herself, she's actually rather well liked. It's a feel-good film, this, and though I can't say it's especially memorable, it does make you cast an eye back to your own schooldays.