Whom the Gods Destroy
1934 | 75m | English
Popularity: 0.2 (history)
| Director: | Walter Lang |
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| Writer: | Albert Payson Terhune, Sidney Buchman |
| Staring: |
| Broadway's most successful producer, John Forrester, is deeply in love with his wife Margaret and dreams of the future when his son Jack will step into his shoes. He sails to England to produce a show but the ship strikes a derelict wreckage and is sinking rapidly. In the ensuing wild panic, Forrester saves many lives, until finally, panic stricken by sudden fear, he dons a woman's clothes and is among the rescued. On the coast of Newfouldland, the villagers, not aware of his true identity, curse him but he is befriended by Alec who helps him conceal his identity. With a planned story of his survival, he returns to New York but cannot face his family or friends after he sees the plaque to his heroism on his New York theatre. Deciding to remain thought of as dead, he becomes a derelict himself, surviving on odd jobs as he watches from afar his now-grown son begin his career as a producer. | |
| Release Date: | Jul 12, 1934 |
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| Director: | Walter Lang |
| Writer: | Albert Payson Terhune, Sidney Buchman |
| Genres: | |
| Keywords | parent child relationship, shipwreck, assumed identity, return from dead |
| Production Companies | Columbia Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 19, 2026 Entered: May 04, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Walter Connolly | John Forrester aka Eric Jann aka Peter Korotoff |
| Doris Kenyon | Margaret Forrester |
| Robert Young | Jack Forrester |
| Scotty Beckett | Jack Forrester, Age 4 |
| Henry Kolker | Carlo - the Puppeteer |
| Akim Tamiroff | Peter Korotoff |
| Gilbert Emery | Professor Weaver |
| George Humbert | Niccoli |
| Hobart Bosworth | Alec Klein |
| Macon Jones | Jack Forrester - Age 14 |
| Rollo Lloyd | Henry Braverman |
| Maidel Turner | Henrietta Crosland |
| Hugh Huntley | Jamison - Ship's Officer |
| Yale Puppeteers | Puppeteers |
| Walter Brennan | Clifford (uncredited) |
| Charles Middleton | Constable Malcolm (uncredited) |
| Ricca Allen | Newfoundlander |
| Stella Adams | Newfoundlander |
| Lois Albright | Balkan Passenger |
| Brooks Benedict | Man in Nightmare |
| Walter Brennan | Clifford |
| Virginia True Boardman | Housekeeper |
| Edmund Burns | Forrester Associate |
| Mary Carr | Madge |
| Allan Cavan | Balkan Passenger |
| Ruth Clifford | Frightened Balkan Passenger |
| Elinor Fair | Balkan Passenger |
| Betty Francisco | The Sun Rises Lead Actress |
| Bud Geary | Officer Who Shoots Korotoff |
| May Foster | Newfoundlander |
| Adda Gleason | Balkan Passenger |
| Clarence Geldart | Newfoundlander |
| Mary Gordon | Newfoundlander |
| Arthur Stuart Hull | Critic |
| W.E. Lawrence | Man in Dress Clothes |
| Mary MacLaren | Train Passenger |
| Name | Job |
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| Walter Lang | Director |
| John Hoffman | Special Effects |
| Albert Payson Terhune | Story |
| Sidney Buchman | Screenplay |
| Name | Title |
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| Felix Young | Producer |
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