The Pursuit of Happiness (1934)
Lederer is a Hessian soldier who defects to the Americans during the Revolutionary War.He falls in love with a Yankee girl, but a thuggish local militiaman jealously makes things hard for him while he's a prisoner of war.
- Released
- 1934-09-27
- Genres
- Comedy, History, Romance
- Runtime
- 75 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Alexander Hall, J.P. McEvoy, Virginia Van Upp
- TMDB rating
- 5.8/10 from 8 votes
Cast
- Francis Lederer as Max Christmann
- Joan Bennett as Prudence Kirkland
- Charles Ruggles as Aaron Kirkland
- Mary Boland as Comfort Kirkland
- Barbara Barondess as Meg Mallory
- Minor Watson as Colonel Sherwood
- Irving Bacon as Bijah
- Walter Kingsford as Rev. Lyman Banks
- Adrian Morris as Thad Jennings
- Duke York as Jonathan
- Burr Caruth as Rev. Myles
- Jules Cowles as The Drunk
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