A Son Comes Home

A mother experiences the torment of discovering that her own son is a killer.

Cast

Mary Boland

as Mary Grady

Donald Woods

as Denny

Julie Haydon

as Jo

Wallace Ford

as Steve

Roger Imhof

as Detective Kennedy

Charles Middleton

as Prosecutor

Thomas E. Jackson

as District Attorney

Gertrude Hoffmann

as Effie Wimple

Eleanor Wesselhoeft

as Essie Wimple

Anthony Nace

as Brennan

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