Bill Cracks Down
Released: March 22, 1937Runtime: 61 min
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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Grant Withers
as 'Tons' Walker
Beatrice Roberts
as Susan Bailey
Ranny Weeks
as Bill Reardon Jr. - aka Bill Hall
Judith Allen
as Elaine Witworth
William Newell
as Eddie 'Porky' Plunkett
Pierre Watkin
as William 'Bill' Reardon Sr.
Roger Williams
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Georgia Caine
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Greta Meyer
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Edgar Norton
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