Please Don't Eat the Daisies

Please Don't Eat the Daisies

The Uproarious Movie From The Big Best-Seller!

NR 1960 · 112 min · ★ 6.2 · Comedy, Family, Romance

Drama critic Larry Mackay, his wife Kate and their four sons move from their crowded Manhattan apartment to an old house in the country. While housewife Kate settles into suburban life, Larry continues to enjoy the theater and party scene of New York.

Directed by Charles Walters · Written by Isobel Lennart

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