"All My Sons" centers around the Keller family somewhere outside of Chicago in the years immediately following WWII. Joe Keller (Edward G. Robinson) the head of the family is a successful businessman. He plans to leave the business to his son Chris (Burt Lancaster).
The mother Kate (Mady Christians) is grieving over the loss of her second son Larry who was reported missing in action during the closing days of the war. We learn that during the war Keller's factory had shipped several defective airplane engine parts causing 212 planes to crash killing their pilots. Keller and his partner Herbert Deever (Frank Conroy) were charged over the incident. Keller was exonerated but Keller was sent to prison.
Keller's daughter Ann (Louisa Horton) unexpectedly arrives on the scene. She and Chris plan to be married but Kate vehemently opposes such a union because she still sees Ann as Larry's girl. Ann is treated with respect and stays in Larry's old room. When Chris announces his engagement to Ann, Kate becomes distraught. Joe reluctantly agrees to the marriage.
Ann's brother George arrives on the scene with an aim to take his sister back to Chicago. George feels that Joe is guilty of the defective parts scandal and that he framed his father who is still in prison. Gradually Kate convinces George to forgive and forget but Joe makes a slip. He tells George that he has never been sick a day in his life but George recalls that he was indeed supposed to be home sick when the faulty shipments were made by his partner during his absence.
Chris becomes suspicious of his father and goes to visit Deever in prison. Flashbacks tell the true story of what really happened at the factory that day. Meanwhile George convinces Ann to leave with him and the engagement is broken off. Ann returns later with a letter from Larry written the day before he died revealing a terrible secret.
Chris returns home, reconciles with Ann and confronts Joe over the contents of Larry's letter. It is here we are explained the meaning of the phrase "all my sons" and.................................................................
Robinson as always, delivers an outstanding performance as Joe the businessman who puts profit before common sense. Lancaster, just starting out shows his potential as a future star as Chris. Mady Christains almost steals the picture as the grieving mother and Louisa Horton as Ann makes an impression. Howard Duff also stands out in this excellent cast.
Also along as the Keller's neighbors are Lloyd Gough as Dr. Jim Bayliss, Arlene Francis as his nosy wife Sue, Harry Morgan as Frank Lubey and Elisabeth Frosa as his wife Lydia who apparently had a previous relationship with George Deever.
Excellent film.
The mother Kate (Mady Christians) is grieving over the loss of her second son Larry who was reported missing in action during the closing days of the war. We learn that during the war Keller's factory had shipped several defective airplane engine parts causing 212 planes to crash killing their pilots. Keller and his partner Herbert Deever (Frank Conroy) were charged over the incident. Keller was exonerated but Keller was sent to prison.
Keller's daughter Ann (Louisa Horton) unexpectedly arrives on the scene. She and Chris plan to be married but Kate vehemently opposes such a union because she still sees Ann as Larry's girl. Ann is treated with respect and stays in Larry's old room. When Chris announces his engagement to Ann, Kate becomes distraught. Joe reluctantly agrees to the marriage.
Ann's brother George arrives on the scene with an aim to take his sister back to Chicago. George feels that Joe is guilty of the defective parts scandal and that he framed his father who is still in prison. Gradually Kate convinces George to forgive and forget but Joe makes a slip. He tells George that he has never been sick a day in his life but George recalls that he was indeed supposed to be home sick when the faulty shipments were made by his partner during his absence.
Chris becomes suspicious of his father and goes to visit Deever in prison. Flashbacks tell the true story of what really happened at the factory that day. Meanwhile George convinces Ann to leave with him and the engagement is broken off. Ann returns later with a letter from Larry written the day before he died revealing a terrible secret.
Chris returns home, reconciles with Ann and confronts Joe over the contents of Larry's letter. It is here we are explained the meaning of the phrase "all my sons" and.................................................................
Robinson as always, delivers an outstanding performance as Joe the businessman who puts profit before common sense. Lancaster, just starting out shows his potential as a future star as Chris. Mady Christains almost steals the picture as the grieving mother and Louisa Horton as Ann makes an impression. Howard Duff also stands out in this excellent cast.
Also along as the Keller's neighbors are Lloyd Gough as Dr. Jim Bayliss, Arlene Francis as his nosy wife Sue, Harry Morgan as Frank Lubey and Elisabeth Frosa as his wife Lydia who apparently had a previous relationship with George Deever.
Excellent film.