Movie: Bill Cracks Down

Top 10 Billed Cast

Grant Withers
Grant Withers

'Tons' Walker

Beatrice Roberts
Beatrice Roberts

Susan Bailey

Ranny Weeks
Ranny Weeks

Bill Reardon Jr., aka Bill Hall

Judith Allen
Judith Allen

Elaine Witworth

William Newell
William Newell

Eddie 'Porky' Plunkett

Pierre Watkin
Pierre Watkin

William 'Bill' Reardon Sr.

Roger Williams
Roger Williams

Steve, Mill Foreman

Georgia Caine
Georgia Caine

Mrs. Witworth

Greta Meyer
Greta Meyer

Hilda

Edgar Norton
Edgar Norton

Jarvis, the Butler

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    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

    1937-03-22

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    5.333

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