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How Green Was My Valley

John Ford swapped America's wild west for the verdant valleys of Wales for this Oscar-winning saga of the region's descent from paradise to slagheap. The movie follows the story of Huw (Roddy McDowall) - the youngest of seven children - and his struggle as the unrelenting march of industrialisation take their toll on the family. Quite simply, a classic and as relevant now as it was back in 1941.

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Stars:	Walter Pidgeon, Maureen O'Hara, Roddy McDowall
Director:	John Ford
Year:	1941
Running time:	118 mins
Certificate:	U

Award-winning John Ford tearjerker about life in a Welsh mining village at the end of the 19th century.

Beautiful performances by Donald Crisp, Sara Allgood, Roddy McDowall and Barry Fitzgerald produce the maximum impact, especially in the climactic scenes.

The Welsh village set, designed by Nathan Juran and Richard Day, is one of the best ever constructed in Hollywood, and turned up in several other films in subsequent years.

Juran and Day deservedly took one of the production's five Oscars, which also included awards for Best Film (against strong competition) and Best Director.