Strawberry Roan (1944)
Farmer Chris Lowe meets and falls in love with Molly , a chorus-girl. Despite the fact that she is a city girl through and through, she accepts his proposal of marriage and after the wedding goes to live on the farm. Chris realises that the transition for Molly will be difficult, and in an attempt to ease her into farm life, buys her a strawberry roan calf to look after. Unfortunately Molly finds the adjustment to rural life extremely difficult and does not settle down. She fails to integrate into the local community and starts to feel she has made a big mistake.
- Date of release
- 1944-12-31
- TMDB
- 6.5 / 10 (2)
- Runtime
- 1h 24m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Maurice Elvey
Casting
- William Hartnell — Chris Lowe
- Carol Raye — Molly Lowe
- Walter Fitzgerald — Walter Morley
- Sophie Stewart — Mrs. Morley
- John Ruddock — John Dibben
- Wylie Watson — Bill Gurd
- Petula Clark — Kate Dibben
- Joan Maude — Gladys Moon
- Joan Young — Mrs. Dibben
- Ellis Irving — Auctioneer
- Kynaston Reeves — Horse Dealer
- Norman Shelley — Dr. Lambert
Interesting facts
Strawberry Roan is a 1945 British drama film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring William Hartnell and Carol Raye. It was written by Elizabeth Baron based on the 1932 novel of the same title by Wiltshire author A. G. Street.
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