The Valley of Decision (1945)
03/05/1945
Drama, Romance
1h 59m
- 73% (25 votes)
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The Book That Thrilled Millions!
Overview
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.
- Tay GarnettDirector
- Sonya LevienScreenplay
- John MeehanScreenplay
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$2,160,000
Revenue
$9,132,000
Keywords
- factory
- strike
- based on novel or book
- mill
- irish-american
- unrequited love
- maid
- family feud
- man in wheelchair
- labor strike
- labor union
- steel mill
- compromise
- gun shooting
- workers union
- pittsburgh, pennsylvania
- negotiation
- irish immigrant
- upstairs downstairs
- 19th century
- murder by gunshot
- classism
- wealthy family
- metallurgy
- steel industry
- 1870s
- union struggle
- pittsburgh steel industry
- experimental research
- labor negotiation
- strikebreakers
- wise woman
Top Billed Cast
Greer Garson
Mary Rafferty
Gregory Peck
Paul Scott
Donald Crisp
William Scott
Lionel Barrymore
Pat Rafferty
Preston Foster
Jim Brennan
Marsha Hunt
Constance Scott
Gladys Cooper
Clarissa Scott
Reginald Owen
McCready
Dan Duryea
William Scott Jr.
Jessica Tandy
Louise Kane
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