How Green Was My Valley
1941 film by John Ford · Released 1941
How Green Was My Valley is a 1941 American drama film directed by John Ford, adapted by Philip Dunne from the 1939 novel of the same title by Richard Llewellyn. It stars Walter Pidgeon, Maureen O'Hara, Anna Lee, Donald Crisp, and a young Roddy McDowall. It tells the story of the Morgans, a hard-working Welsh mining family, from the point of view of the youngest child, Huw, who lives with his affectionate and kind parents as well as his sister and five brothers, in the South Wales Valleys during the late Victorian era. The story chronicles life in the South Wales coalfields, the loss of that way of life and its effects on the family.
Cast ages at release (1941)
- Walter Pidgeon, as Mr. Gruffydd: 43–44
- Maureen O'Hara, as Angharad: 20–21
- Anna Lee, as Bronwyn: 27–28
- Donald Crisp, as Mr. Morgan: 58–59
- Roddy McDowall, as Huw: 12–13
- Barry Fitzgerald, as Cyfartha: 52–53
- Sara Allgood, as Mrs: 61–62
- John Loder, as Ianto: 42–43
- Patric Knowles, as Ivor: 29–30
- Richard Fraser, as Davy Morgan: 27–28
- Rhys Williams, as Dai Bando: 43–44
- Ethel Griffies, as Mrs: 62–63
- Arthur Shields, as Mr. Parry: 44–45
- Ann E. Todd, as Ceinwen: 9–10
- Frederick Worlock, as Dr. Richards: 54–55
- Lionel Pape, as Evans: 63–64
- Morton Lowry, as Mr. Jonas: 26–27
- Irving Pichel: 49–50