The Pursuit of Happiness

The Pursuit of Happiness (1934)

Comedy, History, Romance1 hour and 15 minutes
58%
User score

THE BUNDLING HIT!

Description

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.

Alexander Hall
Director
Virginia Van Upp
Screenplay
Stephen Morehouse Avery
Adaptation
Lawrence Langner
Theatre Play
J.P. McEvoy
Screenplay
Armina Marshall
Theatre Play

Actors

Francis Lederer
Francis Lederer
Max Christmann
Joan Bennett
Joan Bennett
Prudence Kirkland
Charles Ruggles
Charles Ruggles
Aaron Kirkland
Mary Boland
Mary Boland
Comfort Kirkland
Barbara Barondess
Barbara Barondess
Meg Mallory
Minor Watson
Minor Watson
Colonel Sherwood
Irving Bacon
Irving Bacon
Bijah
Walter Kingsford
Walter Kingsford
Rev. Lyman Banks
Adrian Morris
Adrian Morris
Thad Jennings
Duke York
Duke York
Jonathan
Burr Caruth
Burr Caruth
Rev. Myles
Jules Cowles
Jules Cowles
The Drunk
Spencer Charters
Spencer Charters
Sam Evans
Holmes Herbert
Holmes Herbert
Gen. Sir Henry Clinton
Status

Released

Original language

English

Budget

—

Revenue

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Keywords
based on play or musicalromancehistorical eventrevolutionary war