Brigham Young (1940)
Based on the story of the famous Mormon leader, it follows Brigham Young and his challenge to transport his people across the Rocky mountains to settle in Salt Lake City. The plot focuses on two fictitious characters, Jonathan Kent and Zina Webb and the hardships they have to face along the way.
Director:
Henry Hathaway
Writer:
Lamar Trotti
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Tyrone Power as Jonathan Kent |
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Linda Darnell as Zina Webb - The Outsider |
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Dean Jagger as Brigham Young |
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Brian Donlevy as Angus Duncan |
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Jane Darwell as Eliza Kent |
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John Carradine as Porter Rockwell |
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Mary Astor as Mary Ann Young |
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Vincent Price as Joseph Smith |
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Jean Rogers as Clara Young |
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Ann E. Todd as Mary Kent |
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Willard Robertson as Heber Kimball |
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Moroni Olsen as Doc Richards |
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Marc Lawrence as Prosecutor |
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Stanley Andrews as Hyrum Smith |
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Frank M. Thomas as Hubert Crum |
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Fuzzy Knight as Pete |
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Dickie Jones as Henry Kent |
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Selmer Jackson as Caleb Kent |
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Frederick Burton as Mr. Webb |
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Arthur Aylesworth as Jim Bridger |
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Chief John Big Tree as Big Elk |
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Davison Clark as Johnson |
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Claire Du Brey as Emma Smith |
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Tully Marshall as Judge |
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Dick Rich as 1st Mob Leader |
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Edwin Maxwell as 2nd Mob Leader |
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Ralph Dunn as Jury Foreman |
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Edmund MacDonald as Elder |
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George Melford as John Taylor |
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Russell Simpson as U.S. Army Major |
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Paul E. Burns as Man with California Gold News |
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Cliff Clark as Dissenter |
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Edmund Elton as Undetermined Role |
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Jody Gilbert as Stout Woman Who Can't Swim |
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William Haade as Skeptic |
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Herbert Heywood as Jokester at Chronicle Notice |
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Cammilla Johnson as Little Girl |
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Cullen Johnson as Boy in Covered Wagon |
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Payne B. Johnson as Boy in Covered Wagon |
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David Kirkland as Elder |
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Bob Kortman as Agitator |
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Paul Kruger as Raider |
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Ann Kunde as Mormon |
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Frank LaRue as Sheriff |
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Charles Frederick Lindsley as Trailer Narrator (voice) |
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Tom London as Raider |
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Murdock MacQuarrie as Undetermined Role |
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Louis Mason as Man Laughing at Joke |
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Charles Middleton as Mob Member |
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Frank Mills as Man in Newspaper Office / Agitator |
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Philip Morris as Mob Member |
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Imboden Parrish as Minor Role |
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Ruth Robinson as Discouraged Mormon |
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John Roy as Minor Role |
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Frank Shannon as Second Man with California Gold News |
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Lee Shumway as Mob Member |
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Harry Tyler as Undetermined Role |
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Eddy Waller as an with California Gold News |
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Cecil Weston as Minor Role |
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Blackie Whiteford as Court Spectator |
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Hank Worden as Mormon Cheering Porter |
| Directing | Henry Hathaway | Director |
| Production | Darryl F. Zanuck | Producer |
| Writing | Louis Bromfield | Writer |
| Writing | Lamar Trotti | Screenplay |
| Costume & Make-Up | Gwen Wakeling | Costume Design |
| Art | William S. Darling | Art Direction |
| Editing | Robert Bischoff | Editor |
| Art | Thomas Little | Set Decoration |
| Art | Maurice Ransford | Art Direction |
| Camera | Arthur C. Miller | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Alfred Newman | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | David Buttolph | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Cyril J. Mockridge | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Robert Russell Bennett | Original Music Composer |