Dear Brigitte is a 1960s comedy about an insensitive and colorblind boy genius who has one obsession: Brigitte Bardot. James Stewart plays the character of Professor Robert Leaf, a typical college professor who opposes nuclear power and progress in general. He lives on a houseboat in San Francisco and has an original way to make his family stick together through family concerts. His daughter calls him "square", but he hopes to find artistic genius in his only son, Erasmus, who has a gift for math and can outthink the latest computer. Erasmus had been writing to Brigitte regularly, and after the family comes to depend on his ability, his love-sickness causes a mental block. Glynis Johns plays Leaf's wife, while Ed Wynn is a neighbor / captain / narrator. Other cast includes Fabian, Cindy Carol, John Williams, Jesse White, Jack Kruschen, and James Brolin in an early bit part. Brigitte Bardot appears at the end.