The read
It runs a compact 1h 10m.
Synopsis
Sam Preston is a small-town newspaper publisher who suffers from wanderlust. Leaving his family, he thinks well-provided for, he packs a suitcase and hits the road. Ten years later he comes back to find the newspaper shuttered and his family gone.
Ratings
IMDb6.4/10
4 audience votes
Key crew
- Tom ReedScreenplay
- William KeighleyDirector
- Peter MilneScreenplay
- Heinz RoemheldOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Aline MacMahonEllen Preston
- Guy KibbeeSam Preston
- Tom BrownKing Wagner
- Robert McWadeJohn Wagner
- Minor WatsonKenneth Marvin
- Nan GreyLucille Preston
- John ArledgeLinc Overman
- Robert LightFred
- Betty Jean HaineyMary Jane Preston
- Oscar ApfelChief Bailey
- DeWitt JenningsSheriff
- Carl StockdaleGene
Stills
Themes
small towndesertionnewspaper publisher