Kathy O' is a 1958 American CinemaScope comedy-drama film directed by Jack Sher and starring Dan Duryea, Jan Sterling, Patty McCormack and Mary Fickett.
Plot Kathy O'Rourke is a child actress who portrays girls such as Shirley Temple on the screen. However, in real life, Kathy is a self-centered brat. Publicity agent Harry Johnson is tasked by the studio with the job of keeping national magazine reporter Celeste Saunders, his ex-wife, from discovering that their child star is a devil and not an angel. Celeste and Kathy become great friends because Celeste treats Kathy as a normal child and not as a star. When Kathy runs away to be with Celeste, Harry is accused of kidnapping her.
Cast Dan Duryea as Harry Johnson Jan Sterling as Celeste Saunders Patty McCormack as Kathy O'Rourke Mary Fickett as Helen Johnson Sam Levene as Ben Melnick Mary Jane Croft as Harriet Burton Rickey Kelman as Robert 'Bo' Johnson Terry Kelman as Tommy Johnson Ainslie Pryor as Lieut. Chavez Barney Phillips as Matt Williams Mel Leonard as Sid Casey Walters as Billy Blair Walter Woolf King as Donald C. Faber Alexander Campbell as Bixby Joseph Sargent as Mike Mary Carver as Marge
See also List of American films of 1958
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