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Bill Cracks Down
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.
Release / first air1937-03-22
Original languageEN
GenresAction, Drama, Romance
DirectorWilliam Nigh
WriterStuart E. McGowan
BudgetNot available
RevenueNot available
ProductionRepublic Pictures
Cast & Crew
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Grant Withers'Tons' Walker
Beatrice RobertsSusan Bailey
Judith AllenElaine Witworth
William NewellEddie 'Porky' Plunkett
Pierre WatkinWilliam 'Bill' Reardon Sr.
Roger WilliamsSteve, Mill Foreman
Georgia CaineMrs. Witworth
Greta MeyerHilda
Edgar NortonJarvis, the ButlerKeywords
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