Bill Cracks Down

Story

Synopsis

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.

Director

William Nigh

Writers

Dorrell McGowan, Stuart E. McGowan

Language

English

Country

United States of America

Release date

22 March 1937

Ensemble

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

• 

  Pierre Watkin

  William 'Bill' Reardon Sr.

• 

  Roger Williams

  Steve, Mill Foreman

• 

  Georgia Caine

  Mrs. Witworth

• 

  Greta Meyer

  Hilda

• 

  Edgar Norton

  Jarvis, the Butler

• 

  Harry Depp

  Smalley, the Lawyer

• Eugene King

  Zimich