

The read
It runs a compact 1h 5m.
Synopsis
Tol'able David is a 1930 sound film directed by John G. Blystone and produced and released by Columbia Pictures. It is a remake of a famous 1921 silent film Tol'able David starring Richard Barthelmess and Ernest Torrence. Young David Kinemon is a good-natured, easy-going lad in a mountain village. Circumstances force him to take his brother's place as mailman for the community, and this brings him into deadly contact with the vicious Hatburn brothers.
Ratings
IMDb6.9/10
2 audience votes
Key crew
- John G. BlystoneDirector
- Benjamin GlazerWriter
Cast
- Richard CromwellDavid Kinemon
- Noah BeeryLuke
- Joan PeersEsther Hatburn
- Henry B. WalthallAmos Hatburn
- Tom KeeneAlan Kinemon
- Edmund BreeseHunter Kinemon
- Barbara BedfordRose Kinemon
- Helen WareMrs. Kinemon
- Harlan KnightIska Hatburn
- John CarradineBuzzard Hatburn
- James Bradbury Sr.Galt
- Richard CarlyleDoctor
Stills
Themes
pre-code