6.7
Footloose
1984
The Proud Valley (1940)
April 6, 19401h 16mEN
6.3
17 votes
Overview
In a Welsh coal mining valley, a young man with a beautiful singing voice is called upon to make the ultimate sacrifice when a pit disaster threatens.
Director
Pen TennysonTop Billed Cast
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
N/A
Revenue
N/A
Production Companies
Ealing StudiosCAPAD
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User Reviews
CinemaSerf
6.0Paul Robeson has been drafted in to add his rich bass-baritone dulcets to the gorgeous sounds of a Welsh male voice choir in this otherwise rather formulaic story. He is "David" who works down a Welsh pit that is struggling to pay it's way. When a disaster strikes, the community all but grinds to an halt. No money, no jobs, no prospects - so he and a few of his cohorts decide to walk the 200-miles to London where they hope to implore the mine's owner "Sir John" (Ronald Ward) to let them try another, much riskier, route to a possible ten thousand tons of coal. It's the singing that sets this ap…
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