Young Widow

Young Widow
Theatrical release poster
Directed byEdwin L. Marin
Screenplay byRichard Macaulay
Based onYoung Widow
1942 novel
by Clarissa Fairchild Cushman
Produced byHunt Stromberg
Starring
CinematographyLee Garmes
Edited byJohn M. Foley
Music byCarmen Dragon
Production
company
Hunt Stromberg Productions
Distributed byUnited Artists
Release date
  • March 1, 1946 (1946-03-01)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$1.5 million[1]

Young Widow is a 1946 drama film directed by Edwin L. Marin and starring Jane Russell and Louis Hayward.[2] It focuses on Joan Kenwood, a young journalist who cannot get over her husband's death in World War II. Kenwood is reminded in large ways and small of her late husband during every one of her assignments. With The Outlaw still being withheld from general release, Young Widow was Jane Russell's debut.

  1. ^ "Variety (January 1947)". 1947.
  2. ^ "Young Widow". Turner Classic Movies. Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved September 14, 2016.