"It's the most powerful human story since Talkies began!" 27 June 1930 Drama 77 mins
A barber turns down a promising business venture in order to take his sick son to a drier climate out west.
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Louis Mann as Adolf
Robert Montgomery as Nick Higginson
Elliott Nugent as Johnnie
Leila Hyams as Alma
Clara Blandick as Martha Wagenkampf
Mary Doran as Laura
Francis X. Bushman Jr. as Ludwig
Robert McWade as Joe Higginson
Dell Henderson as Ted Baldwin
Henry Armetta as Tony
Jane Reid as Katherine
James Donlan as Bide Taylor
Jeane Wood as Muriel Stokes
Lee Kohlmar as Dr. Heinrich Schmidt
Philippe De Lacy as Rudolph Wagenkampf as a Child (uncredited)
Jack Baxley as Tom - Inventory Taker (uncredited)
Sam Wood Director
Elliott Nugent Story
J. C. Nugent Story
Sam Wood Producer
Samuel Ornitz Adaptation
Leslie F. Wilder Editor
Frank Sullivan Editor
Clara Lipman Writer
Henry Sharp Director of Photography
Cedric Gibbons Art Direction
Elliott Nugent Writer
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