Over the Hill

In their farm house in a New York village, Ma Shelby prepares breakfast for her four children, Isaac, Tommy, Johnny and Susan, and then awakens them. The racket the boys make as they play and fight awakens their father, who spanks the eldest, Isaac. When a visitor chides Pa for not working, Ma sticks up for her husband, saying that he has a weak back and that he is waiting for a promised government job.

8.2

89 min

Cast

Mae Marsh

as Ma Shelby

James Dunn

as Johnny Shelby as an Adult

Sally Eilers

as Isabel Potter as an Adult

James Kirkwood

as Pa Shelby in Prologue

Edward Crandall

as Thomas as an Adult

Claire Maynard

as Phyllis Shelby, Johnny's Wife

Olin Howland

as Isaac as an Adult

Joan Peers

as Susan as an Adult

Joe Hachey

as Isaac Shelby in Prologue

Tommy Conlon

as Johnny Shelby in Prologue

Julius Molnar

as Thomas Shelby in Prologue

Marilyn Harris

as Susan Shelby in Prologue

Nancy Irish

as Isabel Potter in Prologue

Eula Guy

as Minnie, Isaac's Wife

William Pawley

as Ben Adams, Susan's Husband

George H. Reed

as Les, Wagon Driver

Douglas Walton

as Stephen

David Hartford

as Bill Collector

Billy Barty

as Shelby Boy (uncredited)

Ward Bond

as Detective Escort (uncredited)

Director

Henry King