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Feature film — 1937

Bill Cracks Down (1937)

5.71h 1mAction — Drama — Romance

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 as 'Tons' Walker

Grant Withers

'Tons' Walker

Beatrice Roberts as Susan Bailey

Beatrice Roberts

Susan Bailey

R

Ranny Weeks

Bill Reardon Jr., aka Bill Hall

Judith Allen as Elaine Witworth

Judith Allen

Elaine Witworth

William Newell as Eddie 'Porky' Plunkett

William Newell

Eddie 'Porky' Plunkett

Pierre Watkin as William 'Bill' Reardon Sr.

Pierre Watkin

William 'Bill' Reardon Sr.

Roger Williams as Steve, Mill Foreman

Roger Williams

Steve, Mill Foreman

Georgia Caine as Mrs. Witworth

Georgia Caine

Mrs. Witworth

Greta Meyer as Hilda

Greta Meyer

Hilda

Edgar Norton as Jarvis, the Butler

Edgar Norton

Jarvis, the Butler

Harry Depp as Smalley, the Lawyer

Harry Depp

Smalley, the Lawyer

E

Eugene King

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