How Green Was My Valley

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1942-04-09

Languages:

English, Welsh

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

118 min

Rated:

APPROVED

IMDB Ratings:

7.8 (14582 Reviews)

Director:

John Ford

Genres:

Drama Family

Cast:

Walter Pidgeon Maureen O'Hara Anna Lee Donald Crisp

Writer:

Philip Dunne (screen play)

Richard Llewellyn (based on the novel by)

Fullplot:

Life is hard in a Welsh mining town and no less so for the Morgan family. Seen through the eyes of the family's youngest, Huw, we learn of the family's trials and tribulations. Family patriarch Gwilym and his older sons work in the mines, dangerous and unhealthy as it is. Gwilym has greater hopes for younger son how to honor his hard working parents. Huw who has his own ideas on how to honor his father. Daughter Angharad is the most beautiful girl in the valley and is very much in love with Mr. Gruffydd who isn't sure he can provide her the life she deserves. Times are hard and good men find themselves out of work and exploited by unseen mine owners.

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