Father Knows Best Sentenced to Happiness (Season 4, Episode 5)
TV-G
TV Episode | 30 min | Comedy, Family

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Father Knows Best

Sentenced to Happiness (Season 4, Episode 5)

TV-G

TV Episode | 30 min | Comedy, Family

The Anderson's former gardener returns for a visit to get help with his new job. Fronk is going to be a gardener for a government building but first has to pass a civil service exam. The Anderson's pitch in to help him study.

Director

Peter Tewksbury

Writers

Ed James (characters) | Roswell Rogers (written by)

Producer

Eugene B. Rodney

Cinematographer

Frank G. Carson (as Kit Carson)

Editor

Robert B. Hoover

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Edit Released

Updated Oct 23, 1957

Release date

Oct 23, 1957 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

Won 6 Primetime Emmy Awards. Another 3 wins & 18 nominations

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9 cast members

Name	Known for
Robert Young Jim Anderson Jim Anderson See fewer	Crossfire (1947)
Jane Wyatt Margaret Anderson Margaret Anderson See fewer	Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)
Elinor Donahue Betty Anderson Betty Anderson See fewer	Pretty Woman (1990)
Billy Gray Bud Anderson Bud Anderson See fewer	The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
Lauren Chapin Kathy Anderson Kathy Anderson See fewer	Father Knows Best (1954)
Natividad Vacío Fronk Fronk See fewer	The Magnificent Seven (1960)
Robert Burton Judge Judge See fewer	The Big Heat (1953)
Frank Gerstle Foreman Foreman See fewer	D.O.A. (1949)
Morgan Jones Policeman (uncredited) Policeman (uncredited) See fewer	Forbidden Planet (1956)