MY SON JOHN

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• Release Year: 1952
• Genre: Drama
• Plot: Legendary director Leo McCarey (The Awful Truth) took on this controversial and infamous drama about a conservative religious couple (Helen Hayes, Dean Jagger) that suspects their oldest son to be a communist. The arrogant and intellectual you man (Robert Walker), a worker in a federal agency, returns home from a long absence spouting pro-communism doctrine and deriding the beliefs of capitalism and religion. Things become very serious when an FBI agent (Van Heflin) shows up to tell the horrified parents that their son may be an enemy spy. Robert Walker (Stranger on a Train) died at age 32 due to adverse reaction to prescription drugs and before My Son John production was finished. Leo McCarey received a 1953 Oscar® nomination for Best Writing, Motion Picture Story.
• Cast: Helen Hayes, Van Heflin, Dean Jagger, Robert Walker, Minor Watson, Frank McHugh, Richard Jaeckel, James Young, Lee Aaker, David Bond, Gail Bonney, Russ Conway, Bill McLean, Frances Morris, Erskine Sanford, Irene Winston, Jimmie Dundee, Douglas Evans, Nancy Hale, Sam Harris, Todd Karns, Leo McCarey, Lee Miller, David Newell, Vera Stokes, Fred Sweeney, Margaret Wells, Myles Connolly, John Lee Mahin
• Director: Leo McCarey
• Runtime: 2:02
• Company: Paramount Pictures
• Media Format: Movie