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My Son John (1952)

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Film details

Featuring

Helen Hayes Robert Walker Van Heflin
Director

Leo McCarey
Country

USA
Year

1952
Genre

Drama
Type

Film
Category

Fiction

Synopsis

Story of average American couple who learn that their son is mixed up with a Communist spy ring and of how the son is tracked down by the F.B.I.

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - Lucille Jefferson
    
    Helen Hayes
  - John Jefferson
    
    Robert Walker
  - Kenneth Stedman
    
    Van Heflin
  - Dan Jefferson
    
    Dean Jagger
  - Father O'Dowd
    
    Frank Mchugh
  - Ben Jefferson
    
    James Young
  - Chuck Jefferson
    
    Richard Jaeckel
  - Dr. Sam Carver
    
    Minor Watson
  - Bedford
    
    Todd Karns
Credits
- Direction:
  - Director
    
    Leo McCarey
  Production:
  - Production Company
    
    Paramount Pictures
  - Production Company
    
    Rainbow Productions
  - Producer
    
    Leo McCarey
  Writing:
  - Screenplay
    
    Myles Connolly
  - Screenplay
    
    Leo McCarey
  - Adaptation
    
    John Lee Mahin
  Photography:
  - Director of Photography
    
    Harry Stradling
  Editing:
  - Editor
    
    Marvin Coil
  Design:
  - Art Director
    
    Hal Pereira
  - Art Director
    
    Robert Flannery
  Music:
  - Music
    
    Robert Emmett Dolan

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