Bill Cracks Down (1937)
William Reardon, a steel magnate, dies and leaves a strange will. When his spineless and dandified heir and son returns home from living in Paris, he finds "Tons' Walker, a strong and burly steel worker running the company, per his late-father's will request. He also finds that his father's will specifies the Junior will change his name to Bill Hall and work in the family steel mill for a year under the fake name. Walker's job is to make a man out of the son. The son is not overjoyed by this prospect. Neither is Walker.
- Date of release
- 1937-03-22
- TMDB
- 5.7 / 10 (7)
- Runtime
- 1h 1m
- Genres
- Action, Drama, Romance
- Director
- William Nigh
Casting
- Grant Withers — 'Tons' Walker
- Beatrice Roberts — Susan Bailey
- Ranny Weeks — Bill Reardon Jr., aka Bill Hall
- Judith Allen — Elaine Witworth
- William Newell — Eddie 'Porky' Plunkett
- Pierre Watkin — William 'Bill' Reardon Sr.
- Roger Williams — Steve, Mill Foreman
- Georgia Caine — Mrs. Witworth
- Greta Meyer — Hilda
- Edgar Norton — Jarvis, the Butler
- Harry Depp — Smalley, the Lawyer
- Eugene King — Zimich
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