Tomorrow's Children

Tomorrow's Children

The most daring, sensational drama ever filmed!

1934 · 50 min · ★ 5.0 · Drama

Young Alice Mason wishes to start a family, but because her own has been deemed "defective" by the state health authorities—her parents are lazy alcoholics who continue breeding, and her siblings are disabled, have mental problems or are imprisoned—she is ordered by a court to undergo sterilization so that her family's "defective genes" won't be passed on to any further. Her boyfriend Jim and a kindly priest search desperately for a way to stop the forced surgery before it's too late.

Directed by Crane Wilbur · Written by Wallace Thurman

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Diane Sinclair Alice Mason
Donald Douglas Dr. Brooks
John Preston Dr. Crosby
Carlyle Moore Jr. Jim Baker
Sterling Holloway Dr. Dorsey
Ray Corrigan Interne (uncredited)
Dave O'Brien Interne (uncredited)
Crane Wilbur Father O'Brien (uncredited)
Sarah Padden

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