The Sun Shines Bright (1953)

19531h 41mdir. John FordUnited Statesdrama film

With Charles Winninger, John Russell, Russell Simpson, Francis Ford, Paul Hurst, Grant Withers, Henry O'Neill, Slim Pickens

Directed by John Ford

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The Sun Shines Bright is a 1953 American comedy-drama Western film directed by John Ford, based on material taken from a series of Irvin S. Cobb "Judge Priest" short stories featured in The Saturday Evening Post in the 1910s, specifically "The Sun Shines Bright", "The Mob from Massac", and "The Lord Provides".

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