William Holden
George Gibbs
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Our Town: Directed by Sam Wood. With William Holden, Martha Scott, Fay Bainter, Beulah Bondi. Change comes slowly to a small New Hampshire town in the early 20th century.
- (2.8K)
- Sam Wood
- Not Rated
- Drama, Family, Romance
Our Town is a 1940 American drama romance film adaptation of the 1938 play of the same name by Thornton Wilder, starring Martha Scott as Emily Webb, and William Holden as George Gibbs. The cast also included Fay Bainter, Beulah Bondi, Thomas Mitchell, Guy Kibbee and Frank Craven.
- $1 million (approx)
- Sol Lesser
Our Town Released Jun 13, 1940 1h 30m Drama List 86% Tomatometer 7 Reviews 46% Audience Score 1,000+ Ratings For the residents of Grover's Corners, daily life proceeds at a predictable pace.
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- William Holden
- Sam Wood
- Sol Lesser Productions
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Birth, life and death in this small community, based on a Thornton Wilder play. Sweet and sensitive. Buoyed by wise performances. Very moving. 327 IMDb 6.5 1 h 38 min 1940. X-Ray 13+. Drama · Romance · Contemplative · Philosophical. Watch with a free Prime trial. Watch with Prime.
- 98 min
Our Town (1940) was director Sam Wood's sensitive film treatment of one of the theater's best-loved examples of Americana, Thornton Wilder's Pulitzer Prize-winning play about life in the fictional New Hampshire town of Grover's Corners in the years 1900 through 1913.
- Sam Wood, John Sherwood, Lee Sholem
- Frank Craven
Gibbs (Thomas Mitchell) is the town doctor, who lives with his wife (Fay Bainter) and their son George (William Holden), a high school student. Next door live the newspaper owner Mr. Webb with his wife (Beulah Bondi) and their daughter Emily (Martha Scott), also a high school student.
