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How Green Was My Valley( 1941)

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Rich is their humor! Deep are their passions! Reckless are their lives! Mighty is their story!

Overview

A man in his fifties reminisces about his childhood growing up in a Welsh mining village at the turn of the 20th century.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Walter Pidgeon

      Mr. Gruffydd

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      Maureen O'Hara

      Angharad Morgan

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      Anna Lee

      Bronwyn

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      Donald Crisp

      Gwilym Morgan

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      Roddy McDowall

      Huw Morgan

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      John Loder

      Ianto Morgan

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      Sara Allgood

      Beth Morgan

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      Barry Fitzgerald

      Cyfartha

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      Patric Knowles

      Ivor Morgan

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      Morton Lowry

      Mr. Jonas

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      Arthur Shields

      Mr. Parry

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      Ann E. Todd

      Ceinwen

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      Frederick Worlock

      Dr. Richards

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      Richard Fraser

      Davy Morgan

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      Evan S. Evans

      Gwilym Morgan Jr.

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      James Monks

      Owen Morgan

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      Rhys Williams

      Dai Bando

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      Lionel Pape

      Evans

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      Ethel Griffies

      Mrs. Nicholas

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      Marten Lamont

      Iestyn Evans

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      Irving Pichel

      Adult Huw (Voice)

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      Jack Curtis

      Villager (uncredited)

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      Herbert Evans

      Postman (uncredited)

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      Mary Field

      Eve (uncredited)

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      Jack Pennick

      Mine Superintendent (uncredited)

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      Robert B. Williams

      Minor Role (uncredited)

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      Bobby Hale

      VIllager (uncredited)

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    A review by CinemaSerf

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    Written by CinemaSerf on Mon Apr 04 2022
    Made at the start of WWII, there is something especially potent about this simple story of a Victorian family of Welsh miners. The mine was their economy, their community and patriarch "Morgan" (Donald Crisp) the stern, but loving, father of five sons. It soon becomes clear to his sons that the reliability of the mining industry as a source of income could be waning. Their wages begin to be cut, the job-for-life that they thought they had started to look much less certain. Much to the chagrin of the older man, they are instrumental in calling a strike and that begins a story that challenges and...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    1250000.00

    Revenue

    6000000.00

    Keywords

    • wales
    • based on novel or book
    • family relationships
    • rural area
    • black and white
    • gossip
    • mining town
    • coal mining
    • coal mine
    • corporal punishment
    • coal miner
    • preserved film