The Road Back (1937) - film review

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The Road Back is an American film first released in 1937, directed by James Whale. The film is based on a novel by Erich Maria Remarque and stars John ’Dusty’ King, Richard Cromwell, Slim Summerville, Maurice Murphy and Andy Devine. Our overall rating for this film is: very good.

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Director: James Whale
Script: Charles Kenyon, Erich Maria Remarque (novel), R.C. Sherriff
Photo: John J. Mescall, George Robinson
Music: Dimitri Tiomkin
Cast: John ’Dusty’ King (Ernst), Richard Cromwell (Ludwig), Slim Summerville (Tjaden), Maurice Murphy (Albert), Andy Devine (Willy), Larry J. Blake (Weil), John Emery (Captain Von Hagen), Henry Hunter (Bethke), Noah Beery Jr. (Wessling), Eugene Gericke (Giesicke), Barbara Read (Lucy), Spring Byington (Ernst’s Mother), Frank Reicher (Ernst’s Father), Marilyn Harris (Maria – Ernst’s Sister), Jean Rouverol (Elsa), Etienne Girardot (Mayor), Charles Halton (Uncle Rudolph), Laura Hope Crews (Ernst’s Aunt), Louise Fazenda (Angelina), Robert Warwick (Judge), Samuel S. Hinds (Defense Attorney), Arthur Hohl (Heinrich), William B. Davidson (Bartscher), Lionel Atwill (Prosecutor), Al Shean (Markheim), Clara Blandick (Willy’s Mother), Edwin Maxwell (Principal), Robert Adair (Policeman), Alyce Ardell (French Girl), Margaret Armstrong (Heinrich’s Wife), Herbert Ashley (German Waiter), Reginald Barlow (Manager), Patricia Barry (Gretel), William ’Billy’ Benedict (Boy Leader), Charles Bennett (Innkeeper), Harry C. Bradley (Forman), Lane Chandler (American Soldier), Harvey Clark (Field Doctor), Janet Elsie Clark (Girl), Russ Clark (American Soldier), E.E. Clive (General), Harry Cording (Attendant), D’Arcy Corrigan (Cab Driver), Sidney D’Albrook (American Captain), Michael Fitzmaurice (Member of Dinner Party), Bess Flowers (Member of Dinner Party), Francis Ford (Street Cleaner), Dwight Frye (Small man at rally), Curt Furburg (Member of Dinner Party), Boyd Gilbert (American Soldier), June Gittelson (Fat Woman), Grace Goodall (Member of Dinner Party), Dorothy Granger (French Girl), Harrison Greene (Dutch Comedy Team), Robert Greig (Member of Dinner Party), Sigrid Gurie (Soldiers wife), Otto Hoffman (Old Man), Paul Irving (Boy Leader), Edward LeSaint (Porter), Lupee Lupien (French Girl), Robert McKenzie (Barber), Edward McWade (Ticket Taker), Greta Meyer (Storekeeper), Henry Noerdlinger (German Corporal), Paul Panzer (Guard), Steve Pendleton (Sailor), Eddie Phillips (Fresh Man), Tempe Pigott (Old Woman), Buddy Roosevelt (German Dispatch Rider), Tiny Sandford (Doorkeeper), Margaret Seddon (Mother), Helen Shipman (Dutch Comedy Team), Bert Sprotte (Conductor), Maidel Turner (Member of Dinner Party), Edward Van Sloan (President), Delmar Watson (Boy), Harry Watson (Boy), Paul Weigel (Member of Dinner Party), Carol Wines (French Girl)
Country: USA
Language: English
Runtime: 97 min; B&W

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