Bill Cracks Down (1937)
61 min
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.
- Release date
- March 22, 1937
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Grant Withers as 'Tons' Walker
- Beatrice Roberts as Susan Bailey
- Ranny Weeks as Bill Reardon Jr. - aka Bill Hall
- Judith Allen as Elaine Witworth
- William Newell as Eddie 'Porky' Plunkett
- Pierre Watkin as William 'Bill' Reardon Sr.
- Roger Williams as Steve - Mill Foreman
- Georgia Caine as Mrs. Witworth
- Greta Meyer as Hilda
- Edgar Norton as Jarvis - the Butler
Crew
- William Nigh · Director
- Morgan Cox · Writer
- Owen Francis · Writer
- Dorrell McGowan · Writer
- Stuart E. McGowan · Writer
- William Nobles · Cinematographer
- Edward Mann · Editor
- Murray Seldeen · Editor