A Son Comes Home

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A Son Comes Home

1936

1h 15m

1.0(1 votes)

Drama

Crime

Overview

A mother experiences the torment of discovering that her own son is a killer.

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14 members

Acting

Mary Boland

Mary Grady

Acting

Donald Woods

Denny

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Julie Haydon

Acting

Wallace Ford

Steve

Acting

Roger Imhof

Detective Kennedy

Acting

Charles Middleton

Prosecutor

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Thomas E. Jackson

District Attorney

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Gertrude Hoffmann

Effie Wimple

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Eleanor Wesselhoeft

Essie Wimple

No Image

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Anthony Nace

Brennan

No Image

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John Wray

Gas Station Owner

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Robert Middlemass

Sheriff

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Irving Bacon

Hamburger Stand Proprietor

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Joe Sawyer

First Truck Driver

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