

My Son John
You'll be shocked by John's scandalous secret !
Overview
In this Cold War drama, a woman suspects her son is a Communist spy.
- Production
- Rainbow Productions, Paramount Pictures
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Cast

Helen Hayes
Lucille Jefferson

Van Heflin
Stedman

Dean Jagger
Dan Jefferson

Robert Walker
John Jefferson

Minor Watson
Dr. Carver

Frank McHugh
Father O'Dowd

Richard Jaeckel
Chuck Jefferson

James Young
Ben Jefferson

Douglas Evans
Government Employee (uncredited)

Nancy Hale
Nurse (uncredited)

Todd Karns
Bedford (uncredited)

Leo McCarey
John Jefferson (voice) (uncredited)

Lee Miller
Policeman at Shooting Scene (uncredited)

David Newell
FBI Agent (uncredited)
Crew
- Director
- Leo McCarey
- Writers
- Leo McCarey,Leo McCarey,Myles Connolly
- Producers
- Leo McCarey
- Cinematography
- Harry Stradling Sr.
- Composer
- Robert Emmett Dolan
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CinemaSerf
July 21, 2025
When we get to the very end of this film we get some sort of explanation, but for the most part I was uncomfortably in the dark as to the goings-on at the “Jefferson” home. “Dan” (Dean Jagger) and wife “Lucille” (Helen Hayes) have three sons. Two are in the army, the third “John” (Robert Walker) has recently returned home from Washington, but seems out of sorts. He no longer wants to go to church, is uninterested in his old friends and haunts and he also takes phone calls from people who don’t w…