The Valley of Decision

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7.3

NR

Genre: Drama Romance
Release year: 1945
Running time: 119 min
Country: United States of America

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.

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Gregory Peck
Paul Scott
Dean Stockwell
Paulie
Jessica Tandy
Louise Kane
Lionel Barrymore
Pat Rafferty
Greer Garson
Mary Rafferty
Marsha Hunt
Constance Scott
Marshall Thompson
Ted Scott
Dan Duryea
William Scott Jr.

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Costume Supervisor
Sydney Guilaroff
Hair Designer
Sonya Levien
Screenplay
Tay Garnett
Director
Edwin B. Willis
Set Decoration
Cedric Gibbons
Art Direction
Jack Dawn
Makeup Designer
Herbert Stothart
Original Music Composer

barrymost 6/23/2021 3:58:27 PM 8.4

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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