Bill Cracks Down

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1937 · 61 min · Action · Drama · Romance · TMDB 5.7/10

Overview

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.

Directed by William Nigh

Cast

• 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