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The Pursuit of Happiness
“THE BUNDLING HIT!”
5.8 / 10• 1934• 1h 15m•NR• English
ComedyHistoryRomance
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Francis Lederer
Max Christmann
Lead
Joan Bennett
Prudence Kirkland
Charles Ruggles
Aaron Kirkland
Mary Boland
Comfort Kirkland
Barbara Barondess
Meg Mallory
Minor Watson
Colonel Sherwood
Irving Bacon
Bijah
Walter Kingsford
Rev. Lyman Banks
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Alexander Hall's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Pursuit of Happiness is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
