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Four Sons is a american film of genre Drama directed by Archie Mayo released in USA on 14 june 1940 with Don Ameche

Four Sons (1940)

Four Sons
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Released in USA 14 june 1940
Length 1h29
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    War,    Historical
Rating64% 3.234013.234013.234013.234013.23401

Four Sons is a 1940 film directed by Archie Mayo. It stars Don Ameche and Eugenie Leontovich. It is a remake of the 1928 film of the same name. A Czech family is torn apart by World War II.

Actors

Don Ameche

(Chris Bern)Sig Ruman

(Newmann)Eugenie Leontovich

(Frau Bern)Mary Beth Hughes

(Anna)Alan Curtis

(Karl Bern)
And :
Christian Rub
Mae Marsh
Robert Lowery
George Ernest
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