My Son Is Guilty

My Son Is Guilty
Directed by	Charles Barton
Written by	Harold Shumate Joseph Carole
Story by	Karl Brown
Produced by	Jack Fier
Starring	Bruce Cabot Jacqueline Wells Harry Carey Wynne Gibson
Cinematography	Benjamin H. Kline
Edited by	William Lyon
Production company	Columbia Pictures Corporation
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures Corporation
Release date	December 28, 1939 (1939-12-28)
Running time	63 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

My Son Is Guilty is a 1939 American action adventure crime film directed by Charles Barton and produced by Jack Fier. It stars Bruce Cabot, Jacqueline Wells, Harry Carey and Wynne Gibson.

Plot

Tim Kerry (Harry Carey), a veteran cop in the district of Hell's Kitchen, welcomes his son Ritzy (Bruce Cabot) after spending two years in prison. Ritzy has good friends and his former wife Julia (Julie Bishop) is hopeful that it will go on the right track. But the head of the gang, Morelli (Wynne Gibson) knows that Ritzy has good talent for crime, and makes a great offer, very hard to refuse.

Cast

• Bruce Cabot as Ritzy Kerry
• Julie Bishop as Julia Allen
• Glenn Ford as Barney
• Harry Carey as Officer Tim Kerry
• Edgar Buchanan as Dan, Bartender
• Wynne Gibson as Claire Morelli
• Bruce Bennett as Lefty
• Don Beddoe as Duke Mason
• Dick Curtis as Monk

Note: Bishop was still being billed under her real name, Jacqueline Wells.

References

• The Great Gangster Pictures II, by James Robert Parish, Michael R. Pitts

External links

• My Son Is Guilty at IMDb
• My Son Is Guilty at the TCM Movie Database
• My Son Is Guilty at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films