My Son John (1952)
April 8, 1952Release Date
My Son John (1952)
April 8, 1952Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
Cast & Crew.
Helen Hayes
Lucille Jefferson
Van Heflin
Stedman
Dean Jagger
Dan Jefferson
Robert Walker
John Jefferson
Minor Watson
Dr. Carver
Frank McHugh
Father O'Dowd
Richard Jaeckel
Chuck Jefferson
James Young
Ben Jefferson
Leo McCarey
Screenplay / Producer / Director / Story
Harry Stradling Sr.
Director of Photography
Lee Aaker
Boy
John Lee Mahin
Adaptation
David Bond
College Professor
Robert Emmett Dolan
Original Music Composer
Marvin Coil
Editor
William Flannery
Art Direction
Media.
Details.
This Movie Is About.
Wiki.
My Son John is a 1952 American political drama film directed by Leo McCarey and starring Helen Hayes, Van Heflin, Robert Walker and Dean Jagger. Walker plays the title character, a middle-class college graduate whom his parents suspect may be a communist spy.
The strongly anticommunist film, produced during the height of McCarthyism, received an Oscar nomination for Best Writing, Motion Picture Story. The nomination was later viewed as a possible attempt by the motion picture industry to signal its loyalty to the ongoing anticommunist campaign. Retrospective reviews have characterized it as a propaganda film indicative of attitudes during the Second Red Scare.My Son John was Walker's final role; he died in August 1951, midway through principal photography.