Film
The Howards of Virginia
1940 · 1h 56m · Drama · History · War
The Vivid Drama Of A Nation's Birth !
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Overview
Beautiful young Virginian Jane steps down from her proper aristocratic upbringing when she marries down-to-earth surveyor Matt Howard. Matt joins the Colonial forces in their fight for freedom against England. Matt will meet Jane's father in the battlefield.
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Cast
Cary Grant
Matt Howard
Martha Scott
Jane Peyton-Howard
Cedric Hardwicke
Fleetwood Peyton
Alan Marshal
Roger Peyton
Richard Carlson
Thomas Jefferson
Paul Kelly
Capt. Jabez Allen
Irving Bacon
Tom Norton
Elisabeth Risdon
Aunt Clarissa
Anne Revere
Mrs. Betsy Norton
Tom Drake
James Howard at 16
Phil Taylor
Peyton Howard at 18
Rita Quigley
Mary Howard at 17
Libby Taylor
Dicey
Richard Gaines
Patrick Henry
George Houston
George Washington
Ralph Byrd
James Howard
Crew
- Frank LloydDirector · Producer
- Sidney BuchmanScreenplay
- Elizabeth PageNovel
- Bert GlennonDirector of Photography
- Richard HagemanOriginal Music Composer
- Paul WeatherwaxEditor
Media
Details
- Release date
- September 19, 1940
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 1h 56m
- Rated
- NR
- Genres
- Drama, History, War
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