The Proud Valley | |
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Directed by | Pen Tennyson |
Written by | Louis Golding Pen Tennyson Jack Jones |
Story by | Fredda Brilliant Herbert Marshall |
Produced by | Michael Balcon |
Starring | Paul Robeson Edward Chapman Simon Lack Rachel Thomas |
Edited by | Ray Pitt |
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Distributed by | ABFD (UK) |
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Running time | 76 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
The Proud Valley is a 1940 Ealing Studios film starring Paul Robeson. Filmed in the South Wales coalfield, the principal Welsh coal mining area, the film is about a seaman who joins a mining community. It includes their passion for singing as well as the dangers and precariousness of working in a mine.