The Road Back (1937)
At the end of the Great War, German soldiers return home to find the social fabric and civil order disintegrating as communist gangs roam the streets, and food and jobs become scarce. Riots and massacres lead the erstwhile average men to become cynical and desperate.
Director:
James Whale
Writers:
R.C. Sherriff, Charles Kenyon.
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John 'Dusty' King as Ernst |
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Richard Cromwell as Ludwig |
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Slim Summerville as Tjaden |
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Andy Devine as Willy |
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Barbara Read as Lucy |
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Louise Fazenda as Angelina |
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Noah Beery Jr. as Wessling |
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Maurice Murphy as Albert |
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John Emery as Captain Von Hagen |
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Etienne Girardot as Mayor |
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Lionel Atwill as Prosecutor |
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Henry Hunter as Bethke |
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Larry J. Blake as Weil (as Larry Blake) |
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Gene Garrick as Giesicke |
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Marilyn Harris as Maria - Ernst's Sister |
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Jean Rouverol as Elsa |
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Spring Byington as Ernst's Mother |
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Frank Reicher as Ernst's Father |
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Arthur Hohl as Heinrich |
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William B. Davidson as Bartscher |
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Al Shean as Markheim |
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Edwin Maxwell as Principal |
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Clara Blandick as Willy's Mother |
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Samuel S. Hinds as Defense Attorney |
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Robert Warwick as Judge |
| Directing | James Whale | Director |
| Writing | Erich Maria Remarque | Novel |
| Production | Edmund Grainger | Producer |
| Editing | Ted J. Kent | Editor |
| Editing | Charles Maynard | Editor |
| Art | Charles D. Hall | Art Direction |
| Writing | R.C. Sherriff | Screenplay |
| Writing | Charles Kenyon | Screenplay |
| Camera | George Robinson | Director of Photography |
| Camera | John J. Mescall | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Dimitri Tiomkin | Original Music Composer |
