Mary Jane's Pa

Mary Jane's Pa

They Set a New High in Howls!

NR 1935 · 70 min · ★ 6.8 · Drama

Sam Preston is a small-town newspaper publisher who suffers from wanderlust. Leaving his family, he thinks well-provided for, he packs a suitcase and hits the road. Ten years later he comes back to find the newspaper shuttered and his family gone.

Directed by William Keighley · Written by Tom Reed

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