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Cary Grant, Honorary Academy Award(r) winner (1970), stars in The Howards of Virginia, a stirring romantic adventure set during the turbulent years of Colonial and Revolutionary America. Beautiful young Virginian Jane (Martha Scott) steps down from her proper aristocratic upbringing when she marries down-to-earth surveyor Matt Howard (Grant). Deeply in love, they move to the backwoods and begin to raise their family. Major differences emerge, however, when the conservative Jane and her Tory father rebel against Matt's staunch democratic ideals. Eventually, Matt joins the Colonial forces in the fight for freedom against England, and Jane and Matt are forced to choose between their love for each other and their political beliefs. Exciting and dramatic, The Howards of Virginia is a tumultuous tale of love and adventure.
Original Release
09/19/1940
US Release
09/19/1940
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Cary Grant | Matt Howard |
Martha Scott | Jane Peyton-Howard |
Cedric Hardwicke | Fleetwood Peyton |
Alan Marshal | Roger Peyton |
Richard Carlson | Thomas Jefferson |
Paul Kelly | Captain Jabez Allen / Capt. Jabez Allen |
Irving Bacon | Tom Norton |
Elisabeth Risdon | Aunt Clarissa |
Anne Revere | Mrs. Norton / Mrs. Betsy Norton |
Tom Drake | James Howard at 16 |
Directors
Writers
Sidney Buchman, Elizabeth Page
Cast
Name | Character |
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Cary Grant | Matt Howard |
Martha Scott | Jane Peyton-Howard |
Cedric Hardwicke | Fleetwood Peyton |
Alan Marshal | Roger Peyton |
Richard Carlson | Thomas Jefferson |
Paul Kelly | Captain Jabez Allen / Capt. Jabez Allen |
Irving Bacon | Tom Norton |
Elisabeth Risdon | Aunt Clarissa |
Anne Revere | Mrs. Norton / Mrs. Betsy Norton |
Tom Drake | James Howard at 16 |
Phil Taylor | Peyton Howard at 18 |
Rita Quigley | Mary Howard at 17 |
Libby Taylor | Dicey |
Richard Gaines | Patrick Henry |
George Houston | George Washington |
Ralph Byrd | James Howard |
Dickie Jones | Matt Howard at 12 |
Buster Phelps | Tom Jefferson at 11 / Thomas Jefferson at 11 |
Wade Boteler | Uncle Reuben |
Mary Field | Susan Howard |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Frank Lloyd | Producer |
Jack H. Skirball | Producer |
Editors
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1941 | Oscar | Best Sound, Recording | Nominated |
1941 | Oscar | Best Music, Original Score | Nominated |