One Man's Journey

One Man's Journey

72 mins | Drama | Aug. 31, 1933

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.

One Man's Journey

72 mins | Drama | Aug. 31, 1933

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.
IMDb rating 6.7
Producers RKO Radio Pictures
Original title One Man's Journey
Directors John S. Robertson
Writers Katharine Haviland-Taylor, Lester Cohen, Samuel Ornitz

Cast

Lionel Barrymore

as Eli Watt

May Robson

as Sarah

Dorothy Jordan

as Letty McGinnis

Joel McCrea

as Jimmy Watt

Frances Dee

as Joan Stockton

David Landau

as McGinnis

Buster Phelps

as Jimmy Watt - Age 6

June Filmer

as May Radford

James Bush

as Bill Radford

Oscar Apfel

as John Radford

Samuel S. Hinds

as Dr. Babcock

Hale Hamilton

as Dr. Tillinghast

Colin Kenny

as Doctor at Banquet

Dave O'Brien

as Dance Extra (uncredited)