The Pursuit of Happiness (1934)

★ 5.8 1h 15m IMDb
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Lederer is a Hessian soldier who defects to the Americans during the Revolutionary War.He falls in love with a Yankee girl, but a thuggish local militiaman jealously makes things hard for him while he's a prisoner of war.

The Pursuit of Happiness

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Francis Lederer
Francis Lederer as Max Christmann Died 2000 · Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic] From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Francis Lederer (November 6, 1899 – May 25, 2000) was a Czech-born film and stage actor with a successful career, first in Europe, then in the United States. Hi...
Joan Bennett
Joan Bennett as Prudence Kirkland Died 1990 · Palisades, New Jersey, USA Joan Geraldine Bennett (February 27, 1910 – December 7, 1990) was an American stage, film and television actress. Besides acting on the stage, Bennett appeared in more than 70 motion pictures from the...
Charles Ruggles
Charles Ruggles as Aaron Kirkland Died 1970 · Los Angeles, California, USA Charles Ruggles had one of the longest careers in Hollywood, lasting more than 60 years and encompassing more than 100 films. He made his film debut in 1914 in The Patchwork Girl of Oz (1914) and work...
Mary Boland
Mary Boland as Comfort Kirkland Died 1965 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Mary Boland (January 28, 1882 – June 23, 1965) was an American stage and film actress. Description above from the Wikipedia article Mary Boland, licensed under...
Barbara Barondess
Barbara Barondess as Meg Mallory Died 2000 · Brooklyn, New York, USA
Minor Watson
Minor Watson as Colonel Sherwood Died 1965 · Marianna, Arkansas, USA Minor Watson (December 22, 1889 – July 28, 1965) was a prominent character actor. He appeared in 111 movies made between 1913 and 1956. His credits included Boys Town (1938), Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942...
Director Alexander Hall
Cast Francis Lederer, Joan Bennett, Charles Ruggles, Mary Boland, Barbara Barondess, Minor Watson, Irving Bacon, Walter Kingsford, Adrian Morris, Duke York

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