Men Must Fight

Men Must Fight

1933 · 72 min · ★ 6.2 · Drama, War, Science Fiction

Prophetic tale of a mother in 1940 trying to keep her son out of war.

Directed by Edgar Selwyn · Written by C. Gardner Sullivan

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