The Corn Is Green (1979)

19791h 13mdir. George CukorUnited Statesdrama film

Note: this print runs 73 minutes against a recorded 93 minutes. It is the best copy we have found; we keep looking for a complete print.

With Katharine Hepburn, Patricia Hayes, Anna Massey

Directed by George Cukor

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The Corn Is Green is a 1979 American made-for-television drama film starring Katharine Hepburn as a schoolteacher determined to bring education to a Welsh coal mining town, despite great opposition. It was directed by George Cukor, the tenth and last collaboration on film between the director and the actress, and is the second and last made-for-television film directed by Cukor. The filming was done in Wales. It was adapted from the 1938 play of the same name by Emlyn Williams, and had previously been filmed in 1945 with Bette Davis in the main role.

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