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One Man's Journey

Dr. Eli Watt, a widower, comes to a small town, considering himself a failure in his attempt to have a meaningful career in New York. He raises his son Jimmy as well as Letty, a baby whose mother has died in childbirth and whose father blames Watt and abandons the child. Watt dreams of returning to do research studies, but always something gets in the way: an epidemic, his children's needs, or the needs of his generally ungrateful patients. Only with the passing years does he come to find that his future isn't over and his past isn't quite the failure he believed.

1933 |1h 12m |  Drama

Cast

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Lionel Barrymore

Eli Watt

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May Robson

Sarah

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Dorothy Jordan

Letty McGinnis

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Joel McCrea

Jimmy Watt

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Frances Dee

Joan Stockton

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David Landau

McGinnis

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Buster Phelps

Jimmy Watt - Age 6

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James Bush

Bill Radford

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Oscar Apfel

John Radford

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Samuel S. Hinds

Dr. Babcock

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Hale Hamilton

Dr. Tillinghast

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Colin Kenny

Doctor at Banquet

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Dave O'Brien

Dance Extra (uncredited)

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Status

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Language

English

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