Directed by:
John FordScreenplay:
Philip DunneCinematography:
Arthur C. MillerComposer:
Alfred NewmanCast:
Walter Pidgeon, Maureen O'Hara, Anna Lee, Donald Crisp, Roddy McDowall, John Loder, Sara Allgood, Barry Fitzgerald, Patric Knowles, Arthur Shields, Ann E. Todd (more)VOD (1)
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Sixty year-old Huw Morgan looks back on his life as a boy (Roddy McDowall) in a small Welsh mining town. His reminiscences reveal the disintegration of the closely knit Morgans, and his devoted parents (Donald Crisp, Sara Allgood), while capturing the sentiments and issues of their time. Maureen O'Hara and Walter Pidgeon co-star in this acclaimed screen classic, the story of one family's dreams, struggles and triumphs. (official distributor synopsis)
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It begins with awful moralizing, and that’s how it ends, too. However, the greatest shortfall of this picture is its absolute sterility, the stiffness and artificiality of all of the characters, settings and, in fact, everything. This movie doesn’t manage even for a minute to create any hint of atmosphere, let alone any emotions. Which is pretty sad when this is what the whole movie is about. Purely and simply this doesn’t draw you in, is of no interest and quickly bores you. Not to mention the incessant, and soon absolutely unbearable, singing miners.
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It's probably a good film that certainly has something to say, but on the other hand, I can't help but feel it could have been filmed even more dramatically, even more brutally, than it comes across. I think it would have only benefited the film. But even the way it is, it certainly works; it just speaks more to fans of older films, while for others, it might just be an old film.
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