- Country: USA
- Genres: Comedy, Drama, Family
- Release: 1939-08-22
- Director: Charles Barton
- Writers: Nathalie Bucknall , Jefferson Parker , J. Robert Bren , G.V. Atwater
- Language: English
- Stars: Edith Fellows , Clarence Kolb , Dorothy Peterson , Ronald Sinclair , Charles Peck , Tommy Bond , Jimmy Leake , Dorothy Anne Seese , Leonard Carey , Bruce Bennett
- Runtime: 58 min
- Awards: N/A
- AKA: Os Cinco Endiabrados (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Five Little Peppers and How They Grew , Five Little Peppers and How They Grew (United Kingdom) , Cinco huerfanitos (Mexico) , Five Little Peppers and How They Grew (United States of America) , 五人の兄妹 (Japan)
- Plot: The Peppers - Mrs. Pepper and her five children Polly, Ben, Joey, Davie and Phronsie - are a poor family (the six of them sleep in a total of four beds in two rooms), but they love each other and as a result are happy. Mrs. Pepper's husband, John Pepper, a mining engineer, died when the copper mine in which he had half ownership collapsed atop him. Mid-teen Polly was deeded his part of the mine, which her mother has told her her father wanted her to keep at least until she became of age, despite he never having found copper in it. Polly often acts as the family guardian to her siblings while Mrs. Pepper is at work. By chance, Polly and Joey meet well-off but lonely mid-teen Jasper King, who ends up befriending all the Pepper children. Jasper lives with his wealthy businessman grandfather, J.H. King, who pays his grandson no attention as he is all consumed with making money to the exclusion of all else. J.H. has no interest in Jasper befriending this poor family until he learns who they are as J.H. has purchased the other 50% control of the mine and wants Polly's half for a song if possible to start developing it. Without telling them of his intention, J.H. starts spending time with the Peppers, wooing them with gifts. But J.H., out of circumstance, is forced to spend more time with the Peppers than he ever imagined. The Pepper children love their new friends J.H. and Jasper, but will that change if they learn J.H.'s initial friendship motive of wanting Polly's half of the mine?
- IMDB:tt0031315
Five Little Peppers and How They Grew Cast · · · ALL
Charles Barton
Director
Dorothy Peterson
Mrs. Pepper
Edith Fellows
Polly Pepper
Charles Peck
Ben Pepper
Tommy Bond
Joey Pepper
Jimmy Leake
Davie Pepper
Dorothy Anne Seese
Phronsie Pepper
Clarence Kolb
J.H. King
Ronald Sinclair
Jasper King
Leonard Carey
Martin
Harry Hayden
Dr. Spence
Jack Rice
Mr. Barker
Bruce Bennett
Tom - King's Chauffeur
Harry Bernard
Caretaker
Flo Campbell
Woman
Dorothy Comingore
Nurse
Maurice Costello
Hart
Paul Everton
Townsend
Edward LeSaint
Dr. Emery
George Lloyd
Delivery Man
Betty Roadman
Mary - the Cook
Bess Wade
Assistant Cook