The read
Critics rate it 20 points higher than audiences do. It runs a compact 1h 16m.
Synopsis
A man's life is retold just after his funeral. Beginning as a track walker, Tom Garner rose through all sorts of railroad jobs to head the company. In the meantime he lost touch with his family. When he saw what was happening it was already too late.
Ratings
IMDb6.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes86%
Critics rate it 20 points higher than audiences do.
17 audience votes
Key crew
- William K. HowardDirector
- Peter BrunelliOriginal Music Composer
- Louis De FrancescoOriginal Music Composer
- J.S. ZamecnikOriginal Music Composer
- Preston SturgesScreenplay
Cast
- Spencer TracyTom Garner
- Colleen MooreSally Garner
- Ralph MorganHenry
- Helen VinsonEve Borden
- Phillip TrentTom Garner, Jr.
- Henry KolkerMr. Borden
- Sarah PaddenHenry's Wife
- Billy O'BrienTom as a Boy
- Cullen JohnsonHenry as a Boy
- J. Farrell MacDonaldMulligan
- Robert WarwickEdwards (uncredited)
- Russell SimpsonProfessor (uncredited)
Stills
Themes
railroadextramarital affairpre-codebusiness tycoon