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The Road Back

Year:

1937

Duration:

97 min

Genres:

Drama

IMDB rate:

7.1

Director:

James Whale

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1937-06-01

Filming Locations: Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA

Cast

Actor

Character

Barbara Read

John 'Dusty' King

Ernst

Richard Cromwell

Ludwig

Slim Summerville

Tjaden

Maurice Murphy

Albert

Andy Devine

Willy

Larry J. Blake

Weil

John Emery

Captain Von Hagen

Henry Hunter

Bethke

Noah Beery Jr.

Wessling

Eugene Gericke

Giesicke (as Gene Garrick)

Spring Byington

Ernst's Mother

Frank Reicher

Ernst's Father

Marilyn Harris

Maria - Ernst's Sister

Jean Rouverol

Elsa

Etienne Girardot

Mayor

Charles Halton

Uncle Rudolph

Laura Hope Crews

Ernst's Aunt

Louise Fazenda

Angelina

Robert Warwick

Judge

Samuel S. Hinds

Defense Attorney

Arthur Hohl

Heinrich

William B. Davidson

Bartscher

Lionel Atwill

Prosecutor

Al Shean

Markheim

Clara Blandick

Willy's Mother

Edwin Maxwell

Principal

Robert Adair

Policeman (uncredited)

Alyce Ardell

French Girl (uncredited)

Margaret Armstrong

Heinrich's Wife (uncredited)

Herbert Ashley

German Waiter (uncredited)

Reginald Barlow

Manager (uncredited)

Patricia Barry

Gretel (uncredited)

William 'Billy' Benedict

Boy Leader (uncredited)

Charles Bennett

Innkeeper (uncredited)

Harry C. Bradley

Forman / Porter (uncredited)

Lane Chandler

American Soldier (uncredited)

Harvey Clark

Field Doctor (uncredited)

Janet Elsie Clark

Girl (uncredited)

Russ Clark

American Soldier (uncredited)

E.E. Clive

General (uncredited)

Harry Cording

Attendant (uncredited)

D'Arcy Corrigan

Cab Driver (uncredited)

Sidney D'Albrook

American Captain (uncredited)

Michael Fitzmaurice

Member of Dinner Party (uncredited)

Bess Flowers

Member of Dinner Party (uncredited)

Francis Ford

Street Cleaner (uncredited)

Dwight Frye

Small Man at Rally (uncredited)

Curt Furburg

Member of Dinner Party (uncredited)

Boyd Gilbert

American Soldier (uncredited)

June Gittelson

Fat Woman (uncredited)

Grace Goodall

Member of Dinner Party (uncredited)

Dorothy Granger

French Girl (uncredited)

Harrison Greene

Dutch Comedy Team (uncredited)

Robert Greig

Member of Dinner Party (uncredited)

Sigrid Gurie

Soldier's Wife (uncredited)

Otto Hoffman

Old Man (uncredited)

Paul Irving

Boy Leader (uncredited)

Edward LeSaint

Porter (uncredited)

Lupee Lupien

French Girl (uncredited)

Mickey Martin

Boy (uncredited)

Robert McKenzie

Barber (uncredited)

Edward McWade

Ticket Taker (uncredited)

Greta Meyer

Storekeeper (uncredited)

Henry Noerdlinger

German Corporal (uncredited)

Paul Panzer

Guard (uncredited)

Steve Pendleton

Sailor (uncredited)

Eddie Phillips

Fresh Man (uncredited)

Tempe Pigott

Old Woman (uncredited)

Buddy Roosevelt

German Dispatch Rider (uncredited)

Tiny Sandford

Doorkeeper (uncredited)

Margaret Seddon

Mother (uncredited)

Helen Shipman

Dutch Comedy Team (uncredited)

Bert Sprotte

Conductor (uncredited)

Maidel Turner

Member of Dinner Party (uncredited)

Edward Van Sloan

President (uncredited)

Delmar Watson

Boy (uncredited)

Harry Watson

Boy (uncredited)

Paul Weigel

Member of Dinner Party (uncredited)

Carol Wines

French Girl (uncredited)

Jimmy Zahner

Boy (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

Bowing to Nazi pressure, and "to cultivate the good will of Germany," Universal boss Charles R. Rogers took James Whale off the picture and ordered 21 cuts made to it.