Pilgrimage

Jul 12, 1933

1h 36m

★ 6.9

Everyone Who Has a Mother Must See It!

Overview

A mother from Arkansas is very possessive of her grown son. To prevent him from getting married she has him drafted into WW I.

Genres

Drama

War

Romance

Production Companies

Fox Film Corporation

Pilgrimage Trailers

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Cast

Mrs. Hannah Jessop

Henrietta Crosman

Suzanne

Heather Angel

Jim 'Jimmy' Jessop (Hannah's son)

Norman Foster

Mrs. Kelly Hatfield

Lucille La Verne

Gary Worth

Maurice Murphy

Mary Saunders

Marian Nixon

Jimmy Saunders

Jay Ward

Maj. Albertson

Robert Warwick

Mrs. Rogers

Louise Carter

Janet Prescot

Betty Blythe

Mayor Elmer Briggs

Francis Ford

Dad Saunders

Charley Grapewin

When WW1 breaks out, farm boys, Billy (Josh Davis) and Jack Kelly (Mathew John Davis), along with their cousin, Paddy (Lachie Hume), sign up, and are shipped out to serve in Europe. With Billy a dead-eye shot with a rifle, the boys are soon set up as a sniper team, mowing down Germans and Turks like nobody’s business. They become heroes, but back home, the family farm is being circled by a gang of cattle thieves, meaning that even when the war ends, the blood is set to keep flowing.

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No overview available.

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No overview available.

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