---
title: 'The Road Back (1937)'
type: 'film'
director: 'James Whale'
released: '1937-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 100
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-road-back-1937'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0029491/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Road Back (1937)

1937 · 100 min · Drama · United States


## Synopsis

The Road Back is a 1937 American historical drama war film directed by James Whale, starring John King, Richard Cromwell, and Slim Summerville with a supporting cast featuring Andy Devine, Louise Fazenda, Noah Beery Jr., Lionel Atwill, Spring Byington, Al Shean, and an uncredited Dwight Frye. The screenplay is by Charles Kenyon and R. C. Sherriff from the 1931 novel of the same name by Erich Maria Remarque. Combining a strong anti-war message with prescient warnings about the rising dangers of the dictatorship of Nazi Germany, it was intended to be a powerful and controversial picture, and Universal entrusted it to its finest director, James Whale.

## Credits

- **Director:** [James Whale](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-whale)
- **Screenplay:** [Erich Maria Remarque](https://cinepixo.com/people/erich-maria-remarque), [R. C. Sherriff](https://cinepixo.com/people/r-c-sherriff)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Dimitri Tiomkin](https://cinepixo.com/people/dimitri-tiomkin)
- **Producer:** [Edmund Grainger](https://cinepixo.com/people/edmund-grainger)
- **Director of Photography:** [John J. Mescall](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-j-mescall)
- **Editor:** [Ted J. Kent](https://cinepixo.com/people/ted-j-kent)

## Cast

- [John Emery](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-emery)
- [Samuel S. Hinds](https://cinepixo.com/people/samuel-s-hinds)
- [William B. Davidson](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-b-davidson)
- [Frank Reicher](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-reicher)
- [John King](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-king-2)
- [Arthur Hohl](https://cinepixo.com/people/arthur-hohl)
- [Bert Sprotte](https://cinepixo.com/people/bert-sprotte)
- [Charles Halton](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-halton)
- [Richard Cromwell](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-cromwell)
- [Louise Fazenda](https://cinepixo.com/people/louise-fazenda)
- [Edward LeSaint](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-lesaint)
- [Sidney D'Albrook](https://cinepixo.com/people/sidney-d-albrook)
- [Dwight Frye](https://cinepixo.com/people/dwight-frye)
- [Noah Beery Jr.](https://cinepixo.com/people/noah-beery-jr)
- [Spring Byington](https://cinepixo.com/people/spring-byington)

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