How Green Was My Valley
This poignant saga of a coal-mining family in Wales examines the grim, dangerous life down in the mines and the labour dispute that divides a tight-knit family presided over by a loving, but iron-willed patriarch. Six Oscars including Best Picture. From the novel by Richard Llewellyn.
Year: 1941
Genre: Drama, Classic Drama, Academy Award - Best Picture, Based on..., Best of the 1940s, Movies (1001 You Must See Before You Die), Classic Cinema
Country: USA
Director: John Ford
Starring: Anna Lee, Donald Crisp, Maureen O'Hara, Roddy McDowall, Walter Pidgeon
Duration: 114 Minutes
Rating: G
7.8/10
Location in store: Classic Drama
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