When a dirty picture is found by the principal, Mr. Frye, Peggy falsely claims she saw Bibi draw it. Bibi denies it, angering Frye. He straps Bibi on the hand three times, and tells him it will be repeated every day until he confesses. When the adult Bonnards find out, they see Frye and straighten him out, though with great difficulty. When they return in triumph, Desmonde discovers that Mignonette has quit after finding out that he lied about the house, and because she is under the impression that he has been sneaking into her bedroom and stealing kisses when she is asleep. Bibi confesses that he is the guilty party. Desmonde then realizes that Mignonette is not like all of his other women. He finds her and they become engaged. The adults explain Peggy's behavior to Bibi. To Peggy's delight, Bibi forgives her and makes her his girl. Then his voice breaks. Cast Charles Boyer as Jacques Bonnard Louis Jourdan as Uncle Desmonde Bonnard Marsha Hunt as Susan Bonnard Kurt Kasznar as Uncle Louis Bonnard Linda Christian as Mignonette Chappuis Marcel Dalio as Grandpere Bonnard Jeanette Nolan as Felice Bonnard Jack Raine as Mr. Frye Richard Erdman as Alfred Grattin, Marlene Cameron as Peggy O'Hare Gene Collins as Jimmy Bishop Bobby Driscoll as Robert "Bibi" Bonnard Production Richard Fleischer had previously worked with Stanley Kramer and Carl Foreman on So This is New York. They borrowed Fleischer from RKO after the director had some additional reshoots on His Kind of Woman. Fleischer brought with him his regular writer, Earl Felton. He says Kurt Kasznar wanted too much money to reprise his Broadway performance so Kramer and Fleischer cast Zero Mostel instead. However then Harry Cohn became aware of the casting and overruled it - as Mostel was politically suspect due to communist sympathies. Kasznar was cast. References External links 1952 films American coming-of-age comedy-drama films American black-and-white films Columbia Pictures films 1950s English-language films Films scored by Dimitri Tiomkin American films based on plays Films directed by Richard Fleischer Films set in Ottawa 1950s French-language films 1952 comedy-drama films 1950s American films