The story
Admiral Frank Beardsley returns to New London to run the Coast Guard Academy, his last stop before a probable promotion to head the Guard. A widower with eight children, he runs a loving but tight ship, with charts and salutes. The kids long for a permanent home. Helen North is a free spirit, a designer whose ten children live in loving chaos, with occasional group hugs. Helen and Frank, high school sweethearts, reconnect at a reunion, and it's love at first re-sighting. They marry on the spot. Then the problems start as two sets of kids, the free spirits and the disciplined preppies, must live together. The warring factions agree to work together to end the marriage.
Watch trailerCast & crew
Dennis QuaidFrank Beardsley
Rene RussoHelen North
Rip TornCommandant Sherman
Linda HuntMrs. Munion
Jerry O'ConnellMax Algrant
David KoechnerDarrell
Danielle PanabakerPhoebe North
Drake BellDylan North
Lil J.J.Jimi North
Sean FarisWilliam Beardsley
Katija PevecChristina Beardsley
Miranda CosgroveJoni NorthExplore the crew
- Director
- Raja Gosnell
- Screenplay
- David Kidd
- Screenplay
- Ron Burch
- Editor
- Stephen A. Rotter
- Producer
- Robert Simonds
- Editor
- Bruce Green
- Director of Photography
- Theo van de Sande
- Producer
- Michael G. Nathanson
- Original Music Composer
- Christophe Beck