The Man Who Came Back

THE MAN WHO CAME BACK should have stayed away. Only the most dedicated Gaynor and Farrell fans will find anything at all in this terrible adaptation of a Broadway hit that had lots going for it on the stage and hardly anything at all on the screen. Farrell is a scion of New York wealth and enjoys his dissolute existence. Holden, Farrell's father, forces the rakehell to go to California in order to escape his old ways and make a life for himself. Farrell responds by hitting all the fleshpots in San Francisco and drinking away his allowance. While there, Farrell meets Gaynor, a singer, and they fall in love. Holden has his son shanghaied and sent to (of course) Shang...