The Howards of Virginia
The Howards of Virginia
Release: 1940-09-19
·Runtime: 116m
·★ 6.5
Drama
History
War
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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Columbia Pictures
Cast
Anne Revere
as Mrs. Betsy Norton
Terry Moore
as Neighbor Girl (uncredited)
Eddy Waller
as Patriot Scout
Tom Fadden
as Backwoodsman
Rafael Alcayde
as Lafayette
Elisabeth Risdon
as Aunt Clarissa
Tom Drake
as James Howard at 16
Roy Gordon
as Col. Jefferson
J. Anthony Hughes
as Tidewater Representative (uncredited)
Ralph Byrd
as James Howard
Dan White
as Will (uncredited)
Jason Robards Sr.
as Backwoodsman (uncredited)
Eddie Dunn
as Dunkel
Sarah Edwards
as Neighbor Girl
Virginia Sale
as Neighbor Girl
Richard Gaines
as Patrick Henry
John Gallaudet
as Backwoodsman (uncredited)
Vernon Downing
as John Walker
Boyd Irwin
as Speaker of the House of Burgess
Dick Wessel
as Backwoodsman
Irving Bacon
as Tom Norton
Alan Marshal
as Roger Peyton
Pat Somerset
as Backwoodsman
Cedric Hardwicke
as Fleetwood Peyton
Paul Kelly
as Capt. Jabez Allen
James Westerfield
as Backwoodsman
Dickie Jones
as Matt Howard at 12
Leyland Hodgson
as British Officer
Claude King
as Governor of Virginia
Brandon Hurst
as Wilton
Lane Chandler
as Major
Richard Carlson
as Thomas Jefferson
Richard Lyon
as Young Peyton Howard
Phil Taylor
as Peyton Howard at 18
Wade Boteler
as Uncle Reuben
Peter Cushing
as Leslie Stephens
Martha Scott
as Jane Peyton-Howard
Olaf Hytten
as Witt
Alan Ladd
as Backwoodsman (uncredited)
Jesse Graves
as Robert
Emmett Vogan
as Representative
Cary Grant
as Matt Howard
Libby Taylor
as Dicey
George Houston
as George Washington
Buster Phelps
as Thomas Jefferson at 11