The Great Meadow

Jan 24, 1931

1h 15m

★ 5.0

She Was Forced To Choose Between Two Husbands.

Overview

Pioneers and a family man leave Virginia for Kentucky during the Revolutionary War.

Genres

Western

Drama

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

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Cast

Berk Jarvis (as John Mack Brown)

Johnny Mack Brown

Diony Hall

Eleanor Boardman

Elvira Jarvis

Lucille La Verne

Betty Hall

Anita Louise

Evan Muir

Gavin Gordon

Rubin Hall

Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams

Thomas Hall

Russell Simpson

Mistress Molly Hall

Sarah Padden

Sally Tolliver

Helen Jerome Eddy

New York trapper Tom Dobb becomes an unwilling participant in the American Revolution after his son Ned is drafted into the Army by the villainous Sergeant Major Peasy. Tom attempts to find his son, and eventually becomes convinced that he must take a stand and fight for the freedom of the Colonies, alongside the aristocratic rebel Daisy McConnahay. As Tom undergoes his change of heart, the events of the war unfold in large-scale grandeur.

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