
Brigham Young
The Great American Motion Picture !
History Romance Western
Based on the story of the famous Mormon leader, it follows Brigham Young and his challenge to transport his people across the Rocky mountains to settle in Salt Lake City. The plot focuses on two fictitious characters, Jonathan Kent and Zina Webb and the hardships they have to face along the way.
Director Henry Hathaway
Cast

Chief John Big Tree
Big Elk

Ralph Dunn
Jury Foreman

Tyrone Power
Jonathan Kent

Dean Jagger
Brigham Young

Claire Du Brey
Emma Smith

Cliff Clark
Dissenter

William Haade
Skeptic

Charles Middleton
Mob Member

Jean Rogers
Clara Young

Moroni Olsen
Doc Richards

Stanley Andrews
Hyrum Smith

Selmer Jackson
Caleb Kent

John Carradine
Porter Rockwell

Eddy Waller
an with California Gold News

Tully Marshall
Judge

Murdock MacQuarrie
Undetermined Role

Blackie Whiteford
Court Spectator

Hank Worden
Mormon Cheering Porter

Arthur Aylesworth
Jim Bridger

Edmund MacDonald
Elder

Jody Gilbert
Stout Woman Who Can't Swim

David Kirkland
Elder

Davison Clark
Johnson

Tom London
Raider

Jane Darwell
Eliza Kent

Dick Rich
1st Mob Leader

Paul E. Burns
Man with California Gold News

Russell Simpson
U.S. Army Major

Bob Kortman
Agitator

Frank Mills
Man in Newspaper Office / Agitator

Linda Darnell
Zina Webb - The Outsider

Brian Donlevy
Angus Duncan

Vincent Price
Joseph Smith

Herbert Heywood
Jokester at Chronicle Notice

Mary Astor
Mary Ann Young

Harry Tyler
Undetermined Role

George Melford
John Taylor

Frank LaRue
Sheriff

Frank Shannon
Second Man with California Gold News

Lee Shumway
Mob Member

Dickie Jones
Henry Kent

Louis Mason
Man Laughing at Joke

Fuzzy Knight
Pete

Edwin Maxwell
2nd Mob Leader

Paul Kruger
Raider

Ann E. Todd
Mary Kent

Willard Robertson
Heber Kimball

Marc Lawrence
Prosecutor

Frank M. Thomas
Hubert Crum