The read
Scores higher than 87% of the 429 1940s drama movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes93%
Metacritic88/100
469 audience votes
Key crew
- John FordDirector
- Philip DunneScreenplay
- Alfred NewmanOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Walter PidgeonMr. Gruffydd
- Maureen O'HaraAngharad Morgan
- Anna LeeBronwyn
- Donald CrispGwilym Morgan
- Roddy McDowallHuw Morgan
- John LoderIanto Morgan
- Sara AllgoodBeth Morgan
- Barry FitzgeraldCyfartha
- Patric KnowlesIvor Morgan
- Morton LowryMr. Jonas
- Arthur ShieldsMr. Parry
- Ann E. ToddCeinwen
Stills
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Themes
walesbased on novel or bookfamily relationshipsrural areablack and whitegossipmining towncoal miningcoal minecorporal punishmentcoal minerwistful