Edward, My Son

Tracy is a business tycoon who not only dotes on his son Edward, never seen throughout the film, but also will destroy anyone or anything who gets in the spoiled young man's crooked way. Though outwardly affable, Tracy is as ruthless as a banzai charge and, in protecting his son's fortunes, drives two persons to suicide and even commits arson. When his wife, Kerr, tries to reform his evil ways, she is promptly put in her place. She begins drinking, so much so that it causes her death. The thoroughly corrupt son, who has abandoned his mistress after learning that she is pregnant, is killed in a plane crash. (He is flying and showing off.) Tracy is then found guilty ...