• Rating:
• Genre: Drama
• Director: Jack Raymond
• Main Cast: H.B. Warner, Peter Penrose, Hugh Williams, Winifred Shotter, Margot Grahame
• Release Year: 1934
• Country: US/UK
• Run Time: 84 minutes

Plot

The venerable Warwick Deeping story Sorrell and Son was dusted off again for this 1934 screen incarnation. Repeating his role from the 1927 film version, H.B. Warner plays Captain Stephen Sorrell, a WW I hero reduced to scrubbing floors in a hotel. This he does for the sake of his beloved son Kit (Hugh Williams), who thanks to his father's sacrifices becomes a successful surgeon. The film's emotional undercurrents boil over in the climax, when Kit must decide whether or not to put his father out of his misery when the old man is stricken with a fatal disease. The most memorable characterization is delivered by Wally Patch as a sadistic bellboy, whose bullying of Sorrell senior literally makes the flesh creep. Featured in a minor role is Louis Hayward, just before embarking upon his Hollywood career. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast

• H.B. Warner - Capt. Stephen Sorrell
• Peter Penrose - Kit Sorrell as a Child
• Hugh Williams - Kit Sorrell as an Adult
• Winifred Shotter - Molly Pentreath
• Margot Grahame - Mrs. Dora Sorrell

Donald Calthrop - Dr. Richard Orange; Wally Patch - Buck; Evelyn Roberts - Mr. Roland; Hope Davy - Ethel; Louis Hayward - Duncan; Ruby Miller - Mrs. Palfrey; Arthur Chesney - Mr. Porteous

Credit

Cyril Bristow - Cinematographer; Jack Raymond - Director; Herbert Wilcox - Producer; Lydia Hayward - Screenwriter; Warwick Deeping - Short Story Author