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Programme Information

One of the great prestige Hollywood productions of the '30s, based on Pearl S. Buck's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. Paul Muni and Luise Rainer, who won an Oscar, star in this tale of a humble Chinese family whose future is threatened by greed.

Keywords:

Drama, Based-on-Novel, Based-on-Play, Movie, Film, Movies, Films, Oscar Best Picture Nominated, Oscar Best Actress

Additional Information:

(Black and white) (1937) (USA) (4 Star)

Cast:

Paul Muni	.... Wang Lung
Luise Rainer	.... O-Lan Lung
Walter Connolly	.... Wang Lung's Uncle
Tilly Losch	.... Lotus
Charley Grapewin	.... Old Father
Jessie Ralph	.... Cuckoo

Supporting Cast:

Soo Yong	.... Aunt
Keye Luke	.... Elder son
Roland Lui	.... Younger son
Suzanna Kim	.... Little Fool
Ching Wah Lee	.... Ching
Harold Huber	.... Cousin
Olaf Hytten	.... Liu
William Law	.... Gateman
Mary Wong	.... Little Bride

Directors:

Sidney Franklin

Writers:

Pearl S. Buck
Donald Davis