Room for One More ( film ) - Wikipedia Room for One More ( film ) Room for One More Film poster Directed by Norman Taurog Produced by Henry Blanke Screenplay by Jack Rose Melville Shavelson Based on Room for One More 1950 book by Anna Perrott Rose Starring Cary Grant Betsy Drake Music by Max Steiner Cinematography Robert Burks Edited by Alan Crosland, Jr. Distributed by Warner Brothers Release date January 10, 1952 ( 1952 - 01 - 10 ) Running time 98 minutes Country United States Language English Budget $1,079,000 Box office $2.75 million ( US ) Room for One More is a 1952 comedy - drama film starring Cary Grant and directed by Norman Taurog. In 1962 the film became the basis for a short - lived television series with a different cast, Room for One More. Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 References 4 External links Plot Anna ( Betsy Drake ) visits an orphanage and decides to foster a child. Jane, a very unhappy 13 - year - old, moves in with her, her engineer husband, `` Poppy '' Rose ( Cary Grant ), and her three children. Later, 12 - year - old orphan Jimmy - John, who walks with an orthopedic disability, also moves in with them. Setbacks occur as the children struggle with acceptance by their new siblings. A boy 's snobby mother forbids him to take Jane to a formal school dance, but she attends anyhow, wearing a new gown, and is very popular there. Jimmy - John smashes his new bicycle in frustration, feeling that his new siblings are not accepting him. It is discovered that he can barely read, and must be tutored by Anna. He is caught at voyeurism. Poppy seriously considers returning the two adoptees to the orphanage. However, all these setbacks are overcome and the two new children become full members of the family. Jimmy - John makes a difficult hike alone in the snow to fulfill a Scouting requirement. At a school PTA meeting, Anna makes a speech to parents on the rewards of adopting older children. The story ends with Jimmy - John receiving his highly - coveted Eagle Scout medal at a Court of Honor ceremony. Cast Cary Grant as George `` Poppy '' Rose Betsy Drake as Anna Rose Lurene Tuttle as Miss Kenyon Randy Stuart as Mrs. Foreman John Ridgely as Harry Foreman Irving Bacon as The Mayor Mary Treen as Mrs. Roberts Hayden Rorke as The Doctor Iris Mann as Jane George Winslow as Teenie Clifford Tatum Jr. as Jimmy - John Gay Gordon as Trot Malcolm Cassell as Tim Larry Olsen as Ben Roberts Dabbs Greer as the Scoutmaster References Jump up ^ Michael A. Hoey, Elvis ' Favorite Director : The Amazing 52 - Film Career of Norman Taurog, Bear Manor Media 2013 Jump up ^ ' Top Box - Office Hits of 1952 ', Variety, January 7, 1953 External links Room for One More on IMDb Room for One More at the TCM Movie Database Room for One More at AllMovie Room for One More at the American Film Institute Catalog Films directed by Norman Taurog Lucky Boy ( 1928 ) The Diplomats ( 1929 ) In Holland ( 1929 ) The Medicine Men ( 1929 ) Troopers Three ( 1930 ) Sunny Skies ( 1930 ) Hot Curves ( 1930 ) Follow the Leader ( 1930 ) Finn and Hattie Skippy ( 1931 ) Forbidden Adventure ( 1931 ) Huckleberry Finn ( 1931 ) Sooky Hold ' Em Jail The Phantom President If I Had a Million ( segments `` Prologue '' and `` Epilogue '', 1932 ) A Bedtime Story The Way to Love ( 1933 ) We 're Not Dressing ( 1934 ) Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch ( 1934 ) College Rhythm The Big Broadcast of 1936 ( 1936 ) Strike Me Pink ( 1936 ) Rhythm on the Range ( 1936 ) Reunion ( 1936 ) Fifty Roads to Town You Ca n't Have Everything The Adventures of Tom Sawyer ( 1938 ) Mad About Music ( 1938 ) Boys Town ( 1938 ) The Girl Downstairs Lucky Night Broadway Melody of 1940 ( 1940 ) Young Tom Edison ( 1940 ) Little Nellie Kelly Men of Boys Town Design for Scandal Are Husbands Necessary ? ( 1942 ) A Yank at Eton ( 1942 ) Presenting Lily Mars ( 1943 ) Girl Crazy ( with Busby Berkeley ) ( 1943 ) The Hoodlum Saint The Beginning or the End The Bride Goes Wild Big City ( 1948 ) Words and Music ( 1948 ) That Midnight Kiss ( 1949 ) Please Believe Me The Toast of New Orleans Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone Rich, Young and Pretty ( 1951 ) Room for One More ( 1952 ) Jumping Jacks ( 1952 ) The Stooge ( 1953 ) The Stars Are Singing ( 1953 ) The Caddy ( 1953 ) Living It Up ( 1954 ) You 're Never Too Young ( 1954 ) The Birds and the Bees Pardners ( 1956 ) Bundle of Joy ( 1956 ) The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown ( 1958 ) Onionhead ( 1958 ) Do n't Give Up the Ship ( 1959 ) Visit to a Small Planet ( 1960 ) G.I. Blues ( 1960 ) All Hands on Deck ( 1961 ) Blue Hawaii ( 1961 ) Girls ! Girls ! Girls ! ( 1962 ) It Happened at the World 's Fair ( 1962 ) Palm Springs Weekend ( 1963 ) Tickle Me ( 1965 ) Sergeant Deadhead ( 1965 ) Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine ( 1965 ) Spinout ( 1966 ) Double Trouble ( 1967 ) Speedway ( 1968 ) Live a Little, Love a Little ( 1968 ) This article about a comedy - drama film is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Room_for_One_More_(film)&oldid=764497207 '' Categories : 1952 films English - language films American films American black - and - white films 1950s comedy - drama films Warner Bros. films Films directed by Norman Taurog American comedy - drama films Films based on non-fiction books Films about adoption Comedy - drama film stubs Talk More Contents About Wikipedia Català Français Italiano Português Svenska Edit links This page was last edited on 9 February 2017, at 07 : 17. About Wikipedia

Question: who played jimmy john in room for one more
Answer: Clifford Tatum Jr.