The Pursuit of Happiness
THE BUNDLING HIT!
1934 · 1h 15m · Passed
Comedy, History, Romance
Directed by
Alexander Hall
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Alexander Hall Director
- 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
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