All My Sons (1948)

Edward G. Robinson has two sons: one who is a missing in action Army pilot and the other whom he had hoped would take over the family business but instead wants to move to Chicago with the daughter of Robinson’s former business partner, a man who is serving time in jail for selling defective plane parts. The story twists together in predictable ways, but Robinson is great here as a man who believes strongly that the ends justify the means. Burt Lancaster is his match as the son who has thus far stuck around.