Week-End with Father

Week-End with Father is a 1951 American comedy film directed by Douglas Sirk and starring Van Heflin, Patricia Neal, and Gigi Perreau.

Plot
Their children are leaving New York City for summer camp, so Brad Stubbs wishes his two daughters goodbye and Jean Bowen does likewise with her sons. Neither being currently married, they meet again while walking their dogs, become acquainted, and quickly get engaged.

Brad attempts to break the news to a woman he has been seeing, Phyllis Reynolds, an actress, but she misunderstands. Brad and Jean then travel to the camp to inform their children. Handsome camp counselor Don Adams is instantly attracted to Jean, and the kids mock Brad when he is not as good at camp activities as Don is.

Phyllis shows up, shocking Jean when she claims to be Brad's wife-to-be. In time, the children regret not accepting the new relationship and scheme to bring Brad and Jean back together, her boys even pretending to be lost in the woods so that Brad can be a hero and bring them home.

Cast

 * Van Heflin as Brad Stubbs
 * Patricia Neal as Jean Bowen
 * Gigi Perreau as Anne Stubbs
 * Virginia Field as Phyllis Reynolds
 * Richard Denning as Don Adams
 * Jimmy Hunt as Gary Bowen
 * Tommy Rettig as David Bowen
 * Janine Perreau as Patty Stubbs
 * Gary Pagett as Eddie Lewis
 * Forrest Lewis as Clarence Willett
 * Frances E. Williams as Cleo
 * Elvia Allman as Mrs. G