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The Quitter
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The Quitter

1934-02-05 · 68 min · ★ 9.0

Drama

When her husband, who founded the town's crusading local newspaper, doesn't come back from the French battlefields of World War I, a woman struggles to raise her two sons and keep the newspaper going. Matters are complicated by the fact that, several years later, one of the sons wants to turn the paper from its position as a hard-fighting champion of the working-class into an upscale society paper catering to the rich and powerful. Matters are complicated even further by rumors that their father was in fact NOT killed in France during the war but took another man's identity and is still living there.

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Directors
Richard Thorpe
Production companies
Chesterfield Motion Pictures Corporation (I)
Countries
United States of America
Status
Released

Top Cast

Charley GrapewinCharley GrapewinEd Tilford
Emma DunnEmma DunnCordelia Tilford
William BakewellWilliam BakewellRussell Tilford
Barbara WeeksBarbara WeeksDiana Winthrop
Hale HamiltonHale HamiltonMaj. Stephen Winthrop
Glen BolesGlen BolesEddie Tilford
Mary KornmanMary KornmanAnnabelle Hibbs
Lafe McKeeLafe McKeeZack
Aggie HerringAggie HerringHannah
Jane KeckleyJane KeckleySister Hooten
Edward LeSaintEdward LeSaintTravers
Edmund BurnsEdmund Burns
John ElliottJohn ElliottAdvertiser
Frank LaRueFrank LaRueTownsman
Phillips SmalleyPhillips SmalleyGraham the Banker

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