Overview
Mother Carey, a Bostonian widow, and her three children move to Maine. Postmaster Osh Popham helps them move into a run-down old house and fixes it up for them. It's not entirely uninhabited, though; the owner, Mr. Hamilton, is a mysterious character away in Europe, but Osh assures them he won't mind their living there, since he won't be coming home for a long time yet. The children and a cousin who comes to live with them have various adventures before an unexpected visitor shows up
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DirectorJames Neilson
WriterSally Benson
Cast
Hayley Mills
Nancy Carey
Burl Ives
Osh Popham
Dorothy McGuire
Mrs. Margaret Carey
Deborah Walley
Julia Carey
Una Merkel
Mariah Popham
Eddie Hodges
Gilly Carey
Michael J. Pollard
Digby Popham
Peter Brown
Tom Hamilton
James Stacy
Charles Bryant
James Mathers
Peter Carey (as Jimmy Mathers)
O.Z. Whitehead
Mr. Perkins
Wendy Turner
Lallie Joy Popham
Harry Holcombe
Rev. Henry Lord
Hilda Plowright
Mary
Norman Leavitt
Hank Champlin, the barber (uncredited)
Jan Stine
Tad Perkins (uncredited)
Eddie Quillan
Boston Mailman (uncredited)
Paul E. Burns
Drinker (uncredited)
Ina Kent
Opal (uncredited)
Marcy McGuire
Ellen (uncredited)
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Keywords
small townbased on novel or bookwidowmusicalmaine
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Added May 14, 2026Updated Jun 3, 2026