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The Upheaval

7.0191653mNRMovieDrama

Young Jim takes over from his father, political boss Jim Gordon Sr. As ruthless and unfeeling as his dad, Young Jim blocks the efforts by a crusading newspaper to bring about reforms in the city's tenement district. But he comes to regret his intransigence when his father is ruined financially.

DirectorCharles Horan
WriterLawrence McCloskey

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Cast · Directed by Charles Horan

LBLionel Barrymore
Lionel Barrymore
Jim Gordon
MSMarguerite Skirvin
Marguerite Skirvin
Joan Madison
FHFranklyn Hanna
Franklyn Hanna
Jim Gordon, Sr.
ED
Edgar L. Davenport
Henry Madison
JS
John Smiley
Benjamin Waters
PL
Paul Lawrence
Sidney Benson
JM
James C. Malaidy
Alec (the delegate)
HTHoward Truesdale
Howard Truesdale
Myles McColl
GS
George Stevens
Jerome Hendricks
FL
Frank A. Lyons
Frank Wagner
MB
Myra Brooks
Liza Poke

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