Bill Cracks Down (1937)

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.
- Released
- 1937-03-22
- Genres
- Action, Drama, Romance
- Runtime
- 61 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- William Nigh, Stuart E. McGowan, Dorrell McGowan
- TMDB rating
- 5.7/10 from 7 votes
Cast
- 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 as Steve, Mill Foreman
- Georgia Caine as Mrs. Witworth
- Greta Meyer as Hilda
- Edgar Norton as Jarvis, the Butler
- Harry Depp as Smalley, the Lawyer
- Eugene King as Zimich