The Sins of the Children

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| name = The Sins of the Children

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| director = Sam Wood

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| starring = Louis Mann
Robert Montgomery
Elliott Nugent
Ralph Bushman

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| producer = Sam Wood

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| cinematography = Henry Sharp

| editing = Frank Sullivan

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| distributor = MGM

| released = {{Film date|1930|06|28|U.S.}}

| country = United States

| language = English

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| runtime = 87 minutes

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The Sins of the Children, also known as Father's Day and The Richest Man in the World, is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film, which was produced and directed by Sam Wood and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Plot

Adolf Wagenkampf, a German immigrant barber on the verge of becoming rich, takes his sickly son away on a two-year stay in a drier climate. The man's partner deems him a failure, but he learns that his family is more important than finance.

Cast