Whom the Gods Destroy

75 mins
Broadway's most successful producer, John Forrester, is deeply in love with his wife Margaret and dreams of the future when his son Jack will step into his shoes. He sails to England to produce a show but the ship strikes a derelict wreckage and is sinking rapidly. In the ensuing wild panic, Forrester saves many lives, until finally, panic stricken by sudden fear, he dons a woman's clothes and is among the rescued. On the coast of Newfouldland, the villagers, not aware of his true identity, curse him but he is befriended by Alec who helps him conceal his identity. With a planned story of his survival, he returns to New York but cannot face his family or friends after he sees the plaque to his heroism on his New York theatre. Deciding to remain thought of as dead, he becomes a derelict himself, surviving on odd jobs as he watches from afar his now-grown son begin his career as a producer.

Walter Connolly

John Forrester aka Eric Jann aka Peter Korotoff

Doris Kenyon

Margaret Forrester

Robert Young

Jack Forrester

Scotty Beckett

Jack Forrester, Age 4

Henry Kolker

Carlo - the Puppeteer

Akim Tamiroff

Peter Korotoff

Gilbert Emery

Professor Weaver

Hobart Bosworth

Alec Klein

Macon Jones

Jack Forrester - Age 14

Rollo Lloyd

Henry Braverman

Maidel Turner

Henrietta Crosland

Hugh Huntley

Jamison - Ship's Officer

Yale Puppeteers

Puppeteers

Walter Brennan

Clifford (uncredited)

Charles Middleton

Constable Malcolm (uncredited)

Ricca Allen

Newfoundlander

Stella Adams

Newfoundlander

Lois Albright

Balkan Passenger

Brooks Benedict

Man in Nightmare

Edmund Burns

Forrester Associate

Allan Cavan

Balkan Passenger

Ruth Clifford

Frightened Balkan Passenger

Elinor Fair

Balkan Passenger

Betty Francisco

The Sun Rises Lead Actress

Bud Geary

Officer Who Shoots Korotoff

May Foster

Newfoundlander

Adda Gleason

Balkan Passenger

Clarence Geldart

Newfoundlander

Mary Gordon

Newfoundlander

W.E. Lawrence

Man in Dress Clothes

Mary MacLaren

Train Passenger

Walter Lang

Director

Sidney Buchman

Screenplay

Felix Young

Producer

John Hoffman

Special Effects

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