Underplayed Gems

These Wilder Years (1956)

These Wilder Years poster
Directed by
Roy Rowland
Genre
drama film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 31m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 14 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A successful businessman sets out to locate the son he placed in an orphanage decades earlier. His search brings him into contact with the woman who runs the home and the young man himself.

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What happens

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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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