The Howards of Virginia

Sep 19, 1940

1h 56m

★ 6.5

The Vivid Drama Of A Nation's Birth !

Overview

Beautiful young Virginian Jane steps down from her proper aristocratic upbringing when she marries down-to-earth surveyor Matt Howard. Matt joins the Colonial forces in their fight for freedom against England. Matt will meet Jane's father in the battlefield.

Genres

Drama

History

War

Production Companies

Columbia Pictures

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Cast

Matt Howard

Cary Grant

Jane Peyton-Howard

Martha Scott

Fleetwood Peyton

Cedric Hardwicke

Roger Peyton

Alan Marshal

Thomas Jefferson

Richard Carlson

Capt. Jabez Allen

Paul Kelly

Tom Norton

Irving Bacon

Aunt Clarissa

Elisabeth Risdon

Mrs. Betsy Norton

Anne Revere

James Howard at 16

Tom Drake

Peyton Howard at 18

Phil Taylor

Mary Howard at 17

Rita Quigley

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