The Green Years (film)

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The Green Years
Directed by	Victor Saville
Produced by	Leon Gordon
Written by	A. J. Cronin (novel) Robert Ardrey
Starring	Charles Coburn Tom Drake Beverly Tyler Hume Cronyn Gladys Cooper Dean Stockwell Jessica Tandy
Music by	Herbert Stothart
Cinematography	George J. Folsey
Editing by	Robert Kern
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date(s)	July 4, 1946
Running time	127 min.
Country	United States
Language	English
IMDb profile

The Green Years is a 1946 comedy-drama film featuring Charles Coburn, Tom Drake, Hume Cronyn, Gladys Cooper, Dean Stockwell, and Jessica Tandy, based on A. J. Cronin's novel of the same title. It tells the story of the coming-of-age of an orphan in Central Scotland and was directed by Victor Saville.

[edit] Cast

• Charles Coburn as Alexander "Dandy" Gow
• Tom Drake as Robert Shannon
• Beverly Tyler as Alison Keith
• Hume Cronyn as Papa Leckie
• Gladys Cooper as Grandma Leckie
• Dean Stockwell as Robert Shannon (as a child)
• Selena Royle as Mama Leckie
• Jessica Tandy as Kate Leckie
• Richard Haydn as Jason Reid
• Andy Clyde as Saddler Boag
• Norman Lloyd as Adam Leckie
• Robert North as Murdoch Leckie
• Wallace Ford as Jamie Nigg
• Eilene Janssen as Alison Keith (as a child)
• Henry H. Daniels, Jr. as Gavin Blair
• Richard Lyon as Gavin Blair (as a child)
• Henry O'Neill as Canon Roche
• Henry Stephenson as Blakely
• Norma Varden as Mrs. Bosomley

[edit] Awards and nominations

• Best Supporting Actor (nomination) - Charles Coburn
• Best Cinematography (nomination) - George J. Folsey
• Golden Berlin Bear for Best Picture at the Berlin International Film Festival (nomination) - Philip Leacock

[edit] External links

• • The Green Years at Turner Classic Movies (trailer)
  • Variety review
  • The Green Years at the Internet Movie Database

v • d • e Works by A. J. Cronin Novels Hatter's Castle • Three Loves • Grand Canary • The Stars Look Down • The Citadel • The Keys of the Kingdom • The Green Years • Shannon's Way • The Spanish Gardener • The Valorous Years • Beyond This Place • A Thing of Beauty/Crusader's Tomb • The Northern Light • The Native Doctor/An Apple in Eden • The Judas Tree • A Song of Sixpence • A Pocketful of Rye • The Minstrel Boy/Desmonde • Lady with Carnations • Gracie Lindsay Selected Short Stories & Story Collections "Kaleidoscope in 'K'" • Country Doctor (novella) • "Vigil in the Night" • Adventures of a Black Bag • The Innkeeper's Wife • Further Adventures of a Black Bag • Doctor Finlay of Tannochbrae Play Jupiter Laughs Autobiography Adventures in Two Worlds UK/US Film & Television Adaptations Once to Every Woman • Grand Canary • The Citadel (film) • Vigil in the Night • The Stars Look Down • Shining Victory • Hatter's Castle • The Keys of the Kingdom • The Green Years • The Spanish Gardener • Web of Evidence • Dr. Finlay's Casebook • The Citadel (television)

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