Mokey | |
Director: | Wells Root |
Producer: | J. Walter Ruben |
Music: | Lennie Hayton |
Cinematography: | Charles Rosher, a.s.c. |
Editing: | Frank Sullivan |
Distributor: | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
Runtime: | 88 minutes |
Country: | United States |
Language: | English |
Budget: | $353,000[1] |
Gross: | $277,000 |
Mokey is a 1942 American comedy-drama film released by MGM, directed by Wells Root and starring Dan Dailey, Jr., Donna Reed and Bobby Blake.
Eight-year-old Mokey's widowed father Herbert remarries and the young stepmother Anthea has difficulty interacting with the little boy who, even though his intentions are good, continues to fall into trouble.
The film made $179,000 in the US and Canada and $98,000 elsewhere during its initial theatrical run, causing MGM a loss of $205,000.[1]