Little Boy Lost (1953 film)

Little Boy Lost
Theatrical release poster
Directed byGeorge Seaton
Screenplay byGeorge Seaton
Based onLittle Boy Lost (novel)
by Marghanita Laski
Produced byWilliam Perlberg
Starring
CinematographyGeorge Barnes
Edited byAlma Macrorie
Music byVictor Young
Production
company
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • September 3, 1953 (1953-09-03) (Los Angeles)
[1]
Running time
95 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$3million (US)[2]

Little Boy Lost is a 1953 American drama film directed by George Seaton and starring Bing Crosby, Claude Dauphin, and Christian Fourcade. Based on the novel Little Boy Lost by Marghanita Laski, the film is about a war correspondent stationed in Paris during World War II and once married to a young Frenchwoman who was murdered by the Nazis. Following the war, he returns to France trying to find his son, whom he lost during a bombing raid but has been told is living in an orphanage in Paris.

Costumes were designed by Edith Head. Makeup was supervised by Wally Westmore.

  1. ^ Little Boy Lost at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
  2. ^ "Top Grossers of 1953". Variety. January 13, 1954. p. 10.