Critic Reviews
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Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com
Leo McCarey (better known for his screwball comedies) has made an agit-prop, an overtly political film that reflects the fear and paranoia generated by McCarthy in the 1950s.
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Dan Callahan, House Next Door
Robin Wood has written about how McCarey loves romantic couples but seems to loathe families, and this point is borne out most harrowingly in My Son John, the skeleton film in his closet, and one of the most personally revealing.
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Helen Hayesas Lucille Jefferson -
Van Heflinas Stedman of the FBI -
Robert Walkeras John Jefferson
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Frank McHughas Fr. O'Dowd
