My Son, The Hero

Apr 5, 1943

1h 6m

★ 5.0

Overview

Learning that his long-unseen son is soon to arrive for a visit, a small-time con-man enlists the help of his cronies to help him pretend to be a wealthy and important businessman. Comedy.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

PRC

Atlantis Pictures

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Cast

Gerty Rosenthal

Patsy Kelly

Big-Time Morgan

Roscoe Karns

Cynthia Morgan

Joan Blair

Kid Slug Rosenthal

Maxie Rosenbloom

Nicodemus

Nick Stewart

Lambie

Jeni Le Gon

Linda Duncan

Carol Hughes

Tony

Luis Alberni

Michael Morgan

Joseph Allen

Nancy Cavanaugh

Lois Collier

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