My Son Is a Criminal

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My Son Is a Criminal
Directed by Charles C. Coleman
(as C.C. Coleman Jr.)
Screenplay by Arthur T. Horman
Produced by Wallace MacDonald
Starring Alan Baxter
Julie Bishop
Gordon Oliver
Willard Robertson
Cinematography Allen G. Siegler
Edited by Gene Havlick
Color process Black and white
Production
company
Columbia Pictures
Distributed by Columbia Pictures
Release date
  • February 22, 1939 (1939-02-22)
Running time
60 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

My Son Is a Criminal is a 1939 American crime film directed by Charles C. Coleman (as C.C. Coleman Jr.) and starring Alan Baxter, Julie Bishop, Gordon Oliver and Willard Robertson. [1]

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Plot

Former police chief Tim Halloran Sr. (Willard Robertson) fully expects his Tim Jr. (Alan Baxter) to follow in his footsteps, flat though they may be. Instead, the younger Halloran opts for the easy road of crime

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References

  1. Blockbuster Entertainment Guide to Movies and Videos, 1998. Random House Publishing Group. 1997. p. 853. ISBN   978-0-440-22419-8.