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How Green Was My Valley

Name: How Green Was My Valley
Director: John Ford
Genre: Drama
Released: 1941-10-28
Cast: Walter Pidgeon, Maureen O'Hara, Anna Lee, Donald Crisp, Roddy McDowall

Drama

Huw Morgan, the academically inclined youngest son in a proud family of Welsh coal miners, witnesses the tumultuous events of his young life during a period of rapid social change. At the dawn of the 20th-century, a miners' strike divides the Morgans: the sons demand improvements, and the father doesn't want to rock the boat.

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Walter PidgeonMaureen O'HaraAnna LeeDonald CrispRoddy McDowallJohn LoderSara AllgoodBarry FitzgeraldPatric KnowlesMorton LowryArthur ShieldsAnn E. Todd

Director

John Ford

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