These Wilder Years (1956)
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The MGM melodrama These Wilder Years marked the first onscreen pairing of Hollywood stars James Cagney and Barbara Stanwyck. Lonely middle-aged businessman Steve Bradford (Cagney) returns to his old town in hopes of finding the son he fathered 20 years earlier. Choosing his career over marriage and… More The MGM melodrama These Wilder Years marked the first onscreen pairing of Hollywood stars James Cagney and Barbara Stanwyck. Lonely middle-aged businessman Steve Bradford (Cagney) returns to his old town in hopes of finding the son he fathered 20 years earlier. Choosing his career over marriage and family, he got a girl pregnant and she gave the baby up for adoption. He goes to an orphanage ran by Ann Dempster (Barbara Stanwyck) to find out information about his son. They are attracted to each other, but she refuses to release the confidential files that could help him. He hires a lawyer, James Rayburn (Walter Pigeon), and proceeds to sue the adoption agency. Though he loses the case in the climactic courtroom scene, Steve ends up finding his son on his own, but he decides it's too late to forge a relationship. Instead, Ann introduces him to pregnant teenager Suzie (Betty Lou Keim), who needs his help. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, Rovi
- Directed By
- Roy Rowland
- Genres
- Drama, Classics
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Aug 17, 1956 Wide
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Cast
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James Cagney
as Steve Bradford
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Barbara Stanwyck
as Ann Dempster
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Walter Pidgeon
as James Rayburn
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Betty Lou Keim
as Suzie Keller
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Don Dubbins
as Mark
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Edward Andrews
as Mr. Spottsford
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Basil Ruysdael
as Judge
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Grandon Rhodes
as Roy Oliphant
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Will Wright
as Old Cab Driver
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Lewis Martin
as Dr. Miller
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Dorothy Adams
as Aunt Martha
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Dean Jones
as Hardware Clerk
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Herb Vigran
as Traffic Cop
- Nesdon Booth
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Elizabeth Flournoy
as Secretary
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William Forrest
as Board of Directors Member
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Jimmy Hayes
as Young Reporter
- Charles Herbert
- Mary Ellen Hokanson
- Edna Holland
- Lois Kimbrell
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Tom Laughlin
as Football player
- Mary Lawrence
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Luana Lee
as Stenographer
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Ruth Lee
as Miss Finch
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Matt Moore
as Gateman
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Kathleen Mulqueen
as Prim lady
- Burt Mustin
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James Ogg
as Ad Lib Boy
- Marc Platt
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Russell Simpson
as Farmer
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Audrey Swanson
as Saleslady
- Charles Tannen
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Sid Tomack
as Jess the Bartender
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Harry Tyler
as Doorman
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Leon Tyler
as Student Secretary
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Emmett Vogan
as Board of Directors Member
- Billy Wayne
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Michael Landon
as Boy in Pool Room
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John Maxwell
as Board of Directors Member
- Don Burnett
- Louis Towers
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Bob Alden
as Bellhop
- Frank Connor
- Janet Lake
- Ralph Neff
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Charles Evans
as Board of Directors Member
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Jack Kenny
as Chauffeur
