Way Back Home(1931)
Idol of 10,000,000 Radio Fans...NOW ON THE SCREEN! In a Teeming, Action-Packed Melodrama of Human Emotions!
A rural Maine farmer fights for custody of the boy who he's raised as his own.
Movie: Way Back Home
Top 10 Billed Cast
David Clark
Mary Lucy Duffy
Robbie
Rose Clark
Rufe Turner
Wobbling Duffy
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