
These Wilder Years
These Wilder Years is a 1956 American drama film directed by Roy Rowland and starring James Cagney, Barbara Stanwyck and Walter Pidgeon. It is the story of a businessman who tries to find the illegitimate son he gave up to an orphanage many years ago. The film marked the first and only onscreen pairing of Hollywood stars Cagney and Stanwyck.
Plot
A Detroit business tycoon, Steve Bradford, tells his board of directors without explanation that he is taking a leave of absence. He travels to his small hometown, where it turns out that his goal is to find a son he put up for adoption 20 years before.
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author | Frank Fenton |
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director | Roy Rowland |
editor | Ben Lewis |
genre | drama |
keywords | abandon baby bowl business tycoon detroit foster child hear id injured leave of absence meet missing son young man |
musicBy | Jeff Alexander |
producer | Jules Schermer |
productionCompany | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
publisher | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |