The Howards of Virginia (1940)

The Howards of Virginia is a 1940 film released by Columbia Pictures and based on the book The Tree of Liberty written by Elizabeth Page. The Howards of Virginia live through the American Revolutionary War, with Cary Grant starring as Matt Howard, Martha Scott starring as his wife Jane Peyton Howard, and Alan Marshal and Sir Cedric Hardwicke starring as Jane's brothers Roger and Fleetwood Peyton. Fleetwood Peyton is both Jane’s eldest brother, the patriarch of his family, and a member of the Tidewater aristocracy. The film includes a look at the young Matt Howard, Thomas Jefferson, and Jane Peyton.

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Cast:

• Irving Bacon
• Wade Boteler
• Ralph Byrd
• Richard Carlson
• Peter Cushing
• Vernon Downing
• Tom Drake
• Mary Field
• Charles Francis
• Richard Gaines
• R. Wells Gordon
• Cary Grant
• Sir Cedric Hardwicke
• Leyland Hodgson
• George Houston
• Dickie Jones
• Paul Kelly
• Alan Marshal
• Burton McEvilly
• Buster Phelps
• Rita Quigley
• Anne Revere
• Elisabeth Risdon
• Martha Scott
• Libby Taylor
• Phil Taylor
• Walter "Boots" Fannin