

Professor Leaf, an absent-minded poet with a prejudice against the sciences, is forced to face the fact that his son is a math prodigy with little artistic talent of his own.
Acting
Stewart's magnificent slow-burn paternal panic
Costume
Fabian's hair defying physics AND fashion
Writing
Bil Keane comic strip charm translated to film

Director
Henry Koster
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on Bil Keane's (Family Circus) unpublished novel, explaining the gentle comic-strip pacing and domestic absurdity.
Brigitte Bardot appears only in photos and voice—she never filmed a scene, making this cinema's most expensive cameo by absence.