Man on Fire

Aug 22, 1957

1h 35m

★ 5.8

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Overview

Bitter over their divorce, a wealthy businessman prevents his ex-wife from seeing their child. She then takes him to custody court and a judge tries to determine what will be best for the child.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Bing Crosby Productions

Sol C. Siegel Productions

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

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Cast

Earl Carleton

Bing Crosby

Nina Wylie

Inger Stevens

Gwen Seward

Mary Fickett

Sam Dunstock

E.G. Marshall

Ted Carleton

Malcolm Brodrick

Bryan Seward

Richard Eastham

Judge Randolph

Anne Seymour

Mack

Dan Riss

Honey

Leslie Parrish

Charles (uncredited)

William Schallert

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