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My Son John is a 1952 American political drama film directed by Leo McCarey and starring Helen Hayes, Van Heflin, Robert Walker and Dean Jagger. Walker plays the title character, a middle-class college graduate whom his parents suspect may be a communist spy.
My Son John: Directed by Leo McCarey. With Helen Hayes, Van Heflin, Dean Jagger, Robert Walker. The Jeffersons are the ideal picture-perfect all-American family in a small town, but their eldest son John returns home after a long absence spouting views that cause them to worry he may be a Communist.
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- Drama
- Leo McCarey
- 1952-04-08
My Son John -- (Movie Clip) American Bromides Mother (Helen Hayes) receives wayward academic son John (Robert Walker) who has a warm but testy exchange with father (Dean Jagger) and the doctor (Minor Watson) in an early scene from Leo McCarey's anti-communist drama My Son John, 1952.
- Leo Mccarey, Alvin Ganzer
- Helen Hayes
Aug 23, 2019 · Bernard Dick focuses on Leo McCarey’s anti-communist film My Son John (1952) in some detail in his book The Screen is Red. The film’s production fell into a shambles with the death of lead actor Robert Walker, and an ending of sorts was created – with some unheralded assistance by Cecil B. DeMille and Alfred Hitchcock.
Wholesome American husband and wife Dan (Dean Jagger) and Lucille (Helen Hayes) are disgusted when their son, John (Robert Walker), a government worker, begins exhibiting pro-Communist...
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- Helen Hayes
- Leo Mccarey
- Drama
When her son returns to D.C. Mom learns the stranger is an FBI agent with an interest in John, who suddenly needs the pants he left at home, and Mom quickly learns why. She flies to D.C. to confront her son and shortly learns more than either of them had hoped.
John's parents are broken wrecks who are crumbling in the face of capitalism. Helen Hayes goes full ham as she weeps, shakes and stumbles through the realization that her son... her beloved son... is a DIRTY RED WHO WANTS TO HELP PEOPLE!
