The Valley of Decision (1945)

★ 7.2 1h 59m 28 votes IMDb
Drama Romance
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Mary Rafferty comes from a poor family of steel mill workers in 19th Century Pittsburgh. Her family objects when she goes to work as a maid for the wealthy Scott family which controls the mill. Mary catches the attention of handsome scion Paul Scott, but their romance is complicated by Paul's engagement to someone else and a bitter strike among the mill workers.

The Valley of Decision

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Cast

Greer Garson
Greer Garson as Mary Rafferty Died 1996 · London, England, UK Eileen Evelyn Greer Garson, CBE (September 29, 1904 – April 6, 1996) was a British and American actress. Very popular during World War II, she was listed by the Motion Picture Herald as one of America...
Gregory Peck
Gregory Peck as Paul Scott Died 2003 · La Jolla, California, USA Eldred Gregory Peck (April 5, 1916 – June 12, 2003) was an American actor and one of the most popular film stars from the 1940s to the 1970s. In 1999, the American Film Institute named Peck the 12th-g...
Donald Crisp
Donald Crisp as William Scott Died 1974 · Bow, London, England, UK Donald Crisp was born George William Crisp at the family home in Bow, London. Donald's parents were James Crisp and Elizabeth Crisp, his birth was registered by his mother on 4th September 1882. Don...
Lionel Barrymore
Lionel Barrymore as Pat Rafferty Died 1954 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Lionel Barrymore (born Lionel Herbert Blythe; April 28, 1878 – November 15, 1954) was an American actor of stage, screen and radio as well as a film director. He won an Academy Award for Best Actor fo...
Preston Foster
Preston Foster as Jim Brennan Died 1970 · Pitman, New Jersey, USA Preston Foster (August 24, 1900 – July 14, 1970) was an American stage and film actor, and singer. Foster entered films in 1929 after appearing as a Broadway stage actor. He was appearing in Broadway...
Marsha Hunt
Marsha Hunt as Constance Scott Died 2022 · Chicago, Illinois, USA Marsha Hunt (born Marcia Virginia Hunt; October 17, 1917 – September 7, 2022) was an American actress, model and activist, with a career spanning nearly 80 years. She was blacklisted by Hollywood film...
Director Tay Garnett
Cast Greer Garson, Gregory Peck, Donald Crisp, Lionel Barrymore, Preston Foster, Marsha Hunt, Gladys Cooper, Reginald Owen, Dan Duryea, Jessica Tandy

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barrymost 8/10 Oct 01, 2019
Classic poor-girl-meets-rich-boy tearjerker. This very heavy-handed drama is well-acted by Greer Garson and Gregory Peck, with Lionel Barrymore and Donald Crisp heading a good supporting cast. The script is interesting, maybe a mite slowly paced at times, but with moments of humor as well. The tense, dramatic confrontation on the bridge is the most memorable scene in the film. This was only Gregory Peck's third film, having made his Hollywood debut a year earlier.

Would I recommend? Yes, sure. A good romance, with great actors. What's not to like?

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