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How Green Was My Valley

How Green Was My Valley

1941Movie⏱️ 1h 58mApproved🏆 #983 Top Rated
DramaFamily
7.7
IMDB Rating
28,711 votes

At the turn of the century in a Welsh mining village, the Morgans, he stern, she gentle, raise coal-mining sons and hope their youngest will find a better life.

Director
John Ford
Writers
Philip Dunne, Richard Llewellyn
Stars
Walter Pidgeon, Maureen O'Hara, Anna Lee
Release Date
January 29, 1942
Language
English, Welsh
Country
United States
🏆 19
Wins
🎯 6
Nominations
💬 203
Reviews
📋 38.7K
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🎭 Top Cast

Walter Pidgeon
Walter Pidgeon
as Mr. Gruffydd
Maureen O'Hara
Maureen O'Hara
as Angharad Morgan
Anna Lee
Anna Lee
as Bronwyn
Donald Crisp
Donald Crisp
as Mr. Gwilym Morgan
Roddy McDowall
Roddy McDowall
as Huw Morgan
John Loder
John Loder
as Ianto Morgan
Sara Allgood
Sara Allgood
as Mrs. Beth Morgan
Barry Fitzgerald
Barry Fitzgerald
as Cyfartha
Patric Knowles
Patric Knowles
as Ivor Morgan
👤
Welsh Singers
as Singers

💰 Box Office

$865
Worldwide Gross

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.37 : 1
Color
Black and White
Filming Location
Santa Monica Mountains, Los Angeles, California, USA
Production
Twentieth Century Fox

🏷️ Keywords

coal minercoal minebased on novelnational film registrycoal

🎯 Categories

Coming-of-AgePeriod DramaDramaFamily

⭐ Featured Review

It swiped the Oscar in front of Citizen Kane's nose
by Bored_Dragon2020-04-30
8/10

"Best Picture in 1941, Academy Awards for directing and black-and-white cinematography, a total of five Oscars out of ten nominations. Nine out of ten were clear to me long before the movie ended, but for most of its duration, I wondered how the hell something so boring and needless was nominated for Best Screenplay. During the first hour, I had thought of giving up. I didn't. And so I kept watching and watching until the end and a good chunk of time after the movie was over I was still staring at the black screen. Maybe there's not much going on in this movie, but the atmosphere of o..."

💡 Did You Know?

Roddy McDowall had been in the United States for only two weeks before being cast in the leading role of Huw. He had been evacuated from the UK with his mother and sister to keep out of harm's way during the Blitz.

📖 Synopsis

At the turn of the century in a Welsh mining village, the Morgans, he stern, she gentle, raise coal-mining sons and hope their youngest will find a better life.