Plot
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.
Cast
Dennis Quaid
Frank Beardsley
Rene Russo
Helen North
Rip Torn
Commandant Sherman
Linda Hunt
Mrs. Munion
Jerry O'Connell
Max Algrant
David Koechner
Darrell
Danielle Panabaker
Phoebe North
Drake Bell
Dylan North
Lil J.J.
Jimi North
Sean Faris
William Beardsley
Katija Pevec
Christina Beardsley
Miranda Cosgrove
Joni North
Crew
Raja Gosnell
Director
Ron Burch
Screenplay
David Kidd
Screenplay
Christophe Beck
Original Music Composer
Theo van de Sande
Director of Photography
Michael G. Nathanson
Producer
Robert Simonds
Producer
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