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Bill Cracks Down   1937         N/R, 61 min. Genre: Comedy / Drama aka: Men of Steel Director: William Nigh   Cast: Grant Withers, Beatrice Roberts, Ranny Weeks, Judith Allen, William Newell, Pierre Watkin, Roger Williams, Georgia Caine, Greta Meyer, Edgar Norton, Harry Depp, Eddie "Rochester" Anderson   Bill Reardon (Pierre Watkin) has willed his family's steel mill to either "Tons" Walker (Grant Withers) or to his playboy son, Bill Jr. (Ranny Weeks), with the provision that "Tons" will work with Bill Jr. for one year and convince him to change his ways. Professional as well as personal entanglements ensue, but when each becomes involved with each others' girlfriends (Beatrice Roberts and Judith Allen), antagonisms reach new heights, and lessons are learned by both "Tons" and Bill. Cast Grant Withers "Tons" Walker Beatrice Roberts Susan Bailey Ranny Weeks Bill Reardon, Jr. Judith Allen Elaine Witworth William Newell Eddie "Porky" Plunkett Pierre Watkin William "Bill" Reardon, Sr. Roger Williams Steve, Mill Foreman Georgia Caine Mrs. Witworth Greta Meyer Hilda Edgar Norton Jarvis Harry Depp Smalley, the Lawyer Eddie "Rochester" Anderson Chauffeur