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The Pursuit of Happiness (1934)
Lederer is a Hessian soldier who defects to the Americans during the Revolutionary War.He falls in love with a Yankee girl, but a thuggish local militiaman jealously makes things hard for him while he's a prisoner of war.
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Lederer is a Hessian soldier who defects to the Americans during the Revolutionary War.He falls in love with a Yankee girl, but a thuggish local militiaman jealously makes things hard for him while he's a prisoner of war.
Rating:NR
Genre:Comedy, History, Romance
Written By:Virginia Van Upp, J.P. McEvoy
In Theaters:9/27/1934
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Runtime:75 minutes
Studio:Paramount Pictures
Cast
Alexander Hall
Director
Francis Lederer
Max Christmann
Joan Bennett
Prudence Kirkland
Charles Ruggles
Aaron Kirkland
Mary Boland
Comfort Kirkland
Barbara Barondess
Meg Mallory
Minor Watson
Colonel Sherwood
Irving Bacon
Bijah
Walter Kingsford
Rev. Lyman Banks
Adrian Morris
Thad Jennings
Duke York
Jonathan
Burr Caruth
Rev. Myles
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