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

Rating, Runtime: Unrated, 1 hr. 31 min.
Directed By: Roy Rowland
Genres: Drama, Classics

In Theaters: Aug 17, 1956 Wide

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Cast

            James Cagney as Steve Bradford

            Barbara Stanwyck as Ann Dempster

            Walter Pidgeon as James Rayburn

            Betty Lou Keim as Suzie Keller

            Don Dubbins as Mark

            Edward Andrews as Mr. Spottsford

            Basil Ruysdael as Judge

            Grandon Rhodes as Roy Oliphant

            Will Wright as Old Cab Driver

            Lewis  Martin as Dr. Miller

            Dorothy Adams as Aunt Martha

            Dean Jones as Hardware Clerk

            Herb Vigran as Traffic Cop

            Nesdon Booth
            
            Elizabeth Flournoy as Secretary

            William Forrest as Board of Directors Member

            Jimmy Hayes as Young Reporter

            Charles Herbert
            
            Mary Ellen Hokanson
            
            Edna Holland
            
            Lois Kimbrell
            
            Tom Laughlin as Football player

            Mary Lawrence
            
            Luana Lee as Stenographer

            Ruth Lee as Miss Finch

            Matt Moore as Gateman

            Kathleen Mulqueen as Prim lady

            Burt Mustin
            
            James Ogg as Ad Lib Boy

            Marc Platt
            
            Russell Simpson as Farmer

            Audrey Swanson as Saleslady

            Charles Tannen
            
            Sid Tomack as Jess the Bartender

            Harry Tyler as Doorman

            Leon Tyler as Student Secretary

            Emmett Vogan as Board of Directors Member

            Billy Wayne
            
            Michael Landon as Boy in Pool Room

            John Maxwell as Board of Directors Member

            Don Burnett
            
            Louis Towers
            
            Bob Alden as Bellhop

            Frank Connor
            
            Janet Lake
            
            Ralph Neff
            
            Charles Evans as Board of Directors Member

            Jack Kenny as Chauffeur
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