---
title: 'Breaking the Ice (1938)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Edward F. Cline'
released: '1938-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 81
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/breaking-the-ice-1938'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0029945/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Breaking the Ice (1938)

1938 · 81 min · Drama · United States


## Synopsis

Breaking the Ice is a 1938 American drama film directed by Edward F. Cline starring child star Bobby Breen. A young Mennonite boy runs away from home to earn money for his widowed mother.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Edward F. Cline](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-f-cline)
- **Screenplay:** [Mary C. McCall, Jr.](https://cinepixo.com/people/mary-c-mccall-jr)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Victor Young](https://cinepixo.com/people/victor-young)
- **Producer:** [Sol Lesser](https://cinepixo.com/people/sol-lesser)
- **Director of Photography:** [Jack MacKenzie](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-mackenzie)
- **Editor:** [Arthur Hilton](https://cinepixo.com/people/arthur-hilton)

## Cast

- [Jonathan Hale](https://cinepixo.com/people/jonathan-hale)
- [Charles Murray](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-murray-2)
- [Bobby Breen](https://cinepixo.com/people/bobby-breen)
- [Margaret Hamilton](https://cinepixo.com/people/margaret-hamilton)
- [Spencer Charters](https://cinepixo.com/people/spencer-charters)
- [Robert Barrat](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-barrat)
- [John King](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-king-2)
- [Dorothy Peterson](https://cinepixo.com/people/dorothy-peterson)
- [Billy Gilbert](https://cinepixo.com/people/billy-gilbert)
- [Charles Ruggles](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-ruggles)
- [Dolores Costello](https://cinepixo.com/people/dolores-costello)

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