Pride and Prejudice (1940)

Dir: Robert Z. Leonard Comedy / Drama / Romance stars 3

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Pride and Prejudice is an American romantic film drama first released in 1940, directed by Robert Z. Leonard. The film is based on a novel by Jane Austen and stars Greer Garson, Laurence Olivier, Mary Boland, Edna May Oliver and Maureen O’Sullivan. Our overall rating for this film is: good.

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Credits

Director: Robert Z. Leonard
Script: Jane Austen (novel), Victor Heerman, Aldous Huxley, Helen Jerome, Jane Murfin
Photo: Karl Freund
Music: Herbert Stothart
Cast: Greer Garson (Elizabeth Bennet), Laurence Olivier (Mr. Darcy), Mary Boland (Mrs. Bennet), Edna May Oliver (Lady Catherine de Bourgh), Maureen O’Sullivan (Jane Bennet), Ann Rutherford (Lydia Bennet), Frieda Inescort (Caroline Bingley), Edmund Gwenn (Mr. Bennet), Karen Morley (Charlotte Collins), Heather Angel (Kitty Bennet), Marsha Hunt (Mary Bennet), Bruce Lester (Charles Bingley), Edward Ashley (George Wickham), Melville Cooper (Mr. Collins), Marten Lamont (Mr. Denny), E.E. Clive (Sir William Lucas), May Beatty (Mrs. Philips), Marjorie Wood (Lady Lucas), Gia Kent (Anne de Bourgh), Lowden Adams (Committeeman), Claud Allister (Yardgoods Clerk), Wilson Benge (Flunky), Art Berry Sr. (Footman), Barlowe Borland (Dr. MacIntosh), Vernon Downing (Capt. Carter), Elspeth Dudgeon (Mrs. King), Frank Elliott (Butler), Hugh Greenwood (Canon Stubbs), Ben Hall (Poet), Payne B. Johnson (School boy), Gwendolyn Logan (Mrs. Stubbs), Louis Payne (Mr. Phillips), Clara Reid (Maid in Parsonage), Buster Slaven (Beck’s Assistant), Gerald Oliver Smith (Col. Fitzwilliam), Wyndham Standing (Committeeman), David Thursby (Groom)
Country: USA
Language: English
Runtime: 117 min; B&W

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