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The Howards of Virginia (1940) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1940 · 116 mins · English
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- Directed by
- Frank Lloyd
- Starring
- Irving Bacon, Peter Cushing, Cedric Hardwicke, Cary Grant, Mary Field, Terry Moore
A vivid drama of a nation’s birth follows beautiful Virginian Jane, who abandons her aristocratic upbringing to marry the down‑to‑earth surveyor Matt Howard. When the Revolution erupts, Matt enlists in the colonial forces, fighting for liberty against England, and eventually confronts Jane’s father on the battlefield.
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