Bill Cracks Down
5.6
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.
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Cast
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Grant Withers
'Tons' Walker
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Beatrice Roberts
Susan Bailey
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Ranny Weeks
Bill Reardon Jr., aka Bill Hall
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Judith Allen
Elaine Witworth
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William Newell
Eddie 'Porky' Plunkett
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Pierre Watkin
William 'Bill' Reardon Sr.
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Roger Williams
Steve, Mill Foreman
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Georgia Caine
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Greta Meyer
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Edgar Norton
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Harry Depp
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Eugene King
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William Nigh Director · Dorrell McGowan Screenplay Stuart E. McGowan Screenplay
United States release March 22, 1937 · Produced in United States
Production
Republic Pictures
Production
United States
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Canada · March 22, 1937
Theatrical
United States · March 22, 1937
Theatrical
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