---
title: 'Cheaper by the Dozen (1950)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Walter Lang'
released: '1950-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 86
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/cheaper-by-the-dozen-1950'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042327/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Cheaper by the Dozen (1950)

1950 · 86 min · Drama, Comedy · United States


## Synopsis

Cheaper by the Dozen is a 1950 American comedy film based upon the autobiographical book Cheaper by the Dozen (1948) by Frank Bunker Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey. The film and book describe life in a family with twelve children in Montclair, New Jersey.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Walter Lang](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-lang)
- **Screenplay:** [Lamar Trotti](https://cinepixo.com/people/lamar-trotti)
- **Producer:** [Lamar Trotti](https://cinepixo.com/people/lamar-trotti)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Cyril J. Mockridge](https://cinepixo.com/people/cyril-j-mockridge), [Alfred Newman](https://cinepixo.com/people/alfred-newman)
- **Director of Photography:** [Leon Shamroy](https://cinepixo.com/people/leon-shamroy)
- **Editor:** [J. Watson Webb, Jr.](https://cinepixo.com/people/j-watson-webb-jr)

## Cast

- [Sara Allgood](https://cinepixo.com/people/sara-allgood)
- [Tina Thompson](https://cinepixo.com/people/tina-thompson)
- [Mildred Natwick](https://cinepixo.com/people/mildred-natwick)
- [Clifton Webb](https://cinepixo.com/people/clifton-webb)
- [Frank Orth](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-orth)
- [Walter Baldwin](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-baldwin)
- [Mary Field](https://cinepixo.com/people/mary-field)
- [Barbara Bates](https://cinepixo.com/people/barbara-bates)
- [Craig Hill](https://cinepixo.com/people/craig-hill)
- [Betty Lynn](https://cinepixo.com/people/betty-lynn)
- [Virginia Brissac](https://cinepixo.com/people/virginia-brissac)
- [Jimmy Hunt](https://cinepixo.com/people/jimmy-hunt)
- [Edgar Buchanan](https://cinepixo.com/people/edgar-buchanan)
- [Jeff Richards](https://cinepixo.com/people/jeff-richards)
- [Jane Lee](https://cinepixo.com/people/jane-lee)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/cheaper-by-the-dozen-1950
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