Feature film — 1937
Bill Cracks Down (1937)
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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Republic Pictures
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Director: William Nigh
On screen
Cast & crew

Grant Withers
'Tons' Walker

Beatrice Roberts
Susan Bailey
Ranny Weeks
Bill Reardon Jr., aka Bill Hall

Judith Allen
Elaine Witworth

William Newell
Eddie 'Porky' Plunkett

Pierre Watkin
William 'Bill' Reardon Sr.

Roger Williams
Steve, Mill Foreman

Georgia Caine
Mrs. Witworth

Greta Meyer
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Edgar Norton
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Eugene King
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