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All My Sons tells the story of Joe Keller, a successful, middle-aged, self-made man who has done a terrible and tragic thing: during World War II, rushing to meet an order from the Army, he knowingly sold them defective airplane parts which later caused the planes to crash and killed 21 men. He framed his business partner for this crime and engineered his own exoneration; now, his son is about to marry the partner's daughter, the affair is revisited, and his lie of a life is unraveled. Joe has spent his entire life in the single-minded pursuit of wealth for the sake of his family, an American Dream gone nightmarishly awry; this is a story about responsibility: Joe and his generation must understand that the boys he killed--all the boys in the War--were his sons, too.

Finally, a classic not suffering from overexposure

Genres: Crime, Drama

Starring: Edward G. Robinson, Burt Lancaster

Released: May 1, 1948

Runtime: 95.0

Popularity Rating: 0.745

Universal Pictures

United States of America

Joe Keller Edward G. Robinson
Chris Keller Burt Lancaster
Ann Deever Louisa Horton
George Deever Howard Duff
Herbert Deever Frank Conroy
Jim Bayliss Lloyd Gough
Sue Bayliss Arlene Francis
Frank Lubey Harry Morgan
Kate Keller Mady Christians
Lydia Lubey Elisabeth Fraser
Card Player Herb Vigran

Art — Art Direction: Bernard Herzbrun
Art — Art Direction: Hilyard M. Brown
Art — Set Decoration: A. Roland Fields
Art — Set Decoration: Russell A. Gausman
Camera — Director of Photography: Russell Metty
Costume & Make-Up — Costume Design: Grace Houston
Directing — Director: Irving Reis
Editing — Editor: Ralph Dawson
Production — Producer: Chester Erskine
Sound — Original Music Composer: Leith Stevens
Writing — Theatre Play: Arthur Miller
Writing — Writer: Chester Erskine