How Green Was My Valley

1941 · directed by John Ford

Rating

85/100

Hit

yes

Prestige lists

Oscar Winner

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.

How Green Was My Valley (1941), directed by John Ford, rates 85/100 — a hit. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

• Walter Pidgeon
• Maureen O'Hara
• Anna Lee
• Donald Crisp
• Roddy McDowall
• John Loder
• Sara Allgood
• Barry Fitzgerald
• Patric Knowles
• Morton Lowry

Crew

• Arthur C. Miller — Director of Photography
• James B. Clark — Editor
• Alfred Newman — Original Music Composer
• Philip Dunne — Screenplay

More from John Ford

1. Stagecoach (1939) — 97/100 · hit
2. The Grapes of Wrath (1940) — 96/100 · hit
3. The Searchers (1956) — 96/100 · hit
4. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) — 89/100 · hit
5. My Darling Clementine (1946) — 86/100 · hit
6. Fort Apache (1948) — 83/100 · hit

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