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Beautiful young Virginian Jane steps down from her proper aristocratic upbringing when she marries down-to-earth surveyor Matt Howard. Matt joins the Colonial forces in their fight for freedom against England. Matt will meet Jane's father in the battlefield.
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Sep 19, 1940
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Mar 25, 2003
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Columbia Pictures
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Cast
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Cary Grant
Matt Howard
M
Martha Scott
Jane Peyton-Howard
C
Cedric Hardwicke
Fleetwood Peyton
A
Alan Marshal
Roger Peyton
R
Richard Carlson
Thomas Jefferson
P
Paul Kelly
Capt. Jabez Allen
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Irving Bacon
Tom Norton
E
Elisabeth Risdon
Aunt Clarissa
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Anne Revere
Mrs. Betsy Norton
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Tom Drake
James Howard at 16
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Phil Taylor
Peyton Howard at 18
R
Rita Quigley
Mary Howard at 17
L
Libby Taylor
Dicey
R
Richard Gaines
Patrick Henry
G
George Houston
George Washington
R
Ralph Byrd
James Howard
D
Dickie Jones
Matt Howard at 12
B
Buster Phelps
Thomas Jefferson at 11
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Wade Boteler
Uncle Reuben
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Mary Field
Susan Howard
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One of the Most Memorable Screen Adventures of Our Generation!
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Their Story is the Story of America!
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