Directed by:
Alfred E. GreenCinematography:
William C. MellorComposer:
Gregory StoneCast:
Akim Tamiroff, Leif Erickson, Frances Farmer, Lynne Overman, John Miljan, Vladimir Sokoloff, Nestor Paiva, Steve Pendleton, Fred Kohler Jr., Ernie Adams (more)Plots(1)
Russian Cossack Mike Balan runs a cattle rustling gang in contemporary America. His estranged wife reunites him with the son he has never seen, Montgomery Simpkins, whom he dubs Johnny. John is in his early twenties, is high-spirited and rebellious, and has been kicked out of every school he has attended. After testing one another's trustworthiness, Mike and Johnny learn to love each other. Mike proudly teaches his son the Cossack style of living, which approaches everything with gusto, including feasts, steambaths, dancing and trick riding. Johnny falls in love with Mike's beautiful niece, Trina, and she reciprocates his affections. Mike finally reveals his true profession to Johnny and vows to "go straight," but Federal agents arrest him before he is able to change. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Akim Tamiroff
Russian Empire
Best movies:
The Reluctant Saint (1962)
Reap the Wild Wind (1942)
Touch of Evil (1958)
Leif Erickson
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
On the Waterfront (1954)
Sorry, Wrong Number (1948)
Frances Farmer
USA
Best movies:
Come and Get It (1936)
Son of Fury (1942)
Lynne Overman
USA
Best movies:
Edison, the Man (1940)
Reap the Wild Wind (1942)
Union Pacific (1939)
John Miljan
USA
Best movies:
The Ten Commandments (1956)
Samson and Delilah (1949)
Juarez (1939)
Vladimir Sokoloff
Russian Empire
Best movies:
The Magnificent Seven (1960)
Love Crazy (1941)
Scarlet Street (1945)
Nestor Paiva
USA
Best movies:
The Song of Bernadette (1943)
The Sea Hawk (1940)
Reap the Wild Wind (1942)
Steve Pendleton
USA
Best movies:
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939)
The Glenn Miller Story (1954)
Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
Fred Kohler Jr.
Best movies:
The Ten Commandments (1956)
Pack Up Your Troubles (1932)
Samson and Delilah (1949)
Ernie Adams
USA
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All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
Rhapsody in Blue (1945)
Eddie Acuff
USA
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Hellzapoppin' (1941)
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James Flavin
USA
Best movies:
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
In Cold Blood (1967)
Mildred Pierce (1945)
Joseph Crehan
USA
Best movies:
Love Crazy (1941)
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
Sam Ash
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Citizen Kane (1941)
Robert Homans
USA
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Fury (1936)
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William Newell
USA
Best movies:
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George Magrill
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Dewey Robinson
USA
Best movies:
Casablanca (1942)
Scarlet Street (1945)
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935)
Ralph Sanford
USA
Best movies:
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
The Big Country (1958)
The Heiress (1949)
John Bleifer
Russian Empire
Best movies:
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Manhattan Melodrama (1934)
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