Stars in My Crown

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Stars in My Crown (1950)

05/11/1950 (US) Drama, Western 1h 29m

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"Take Your Choice...Either I Speak...Or My Pistols Do!"

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The story of a young pastor coming to a small town in the United States to set up his ministry. The movie tells of the various relationships and struggles he goes through as he goes about raising his family and preaching to the community.

Jacques Tourneur

Director
Joe David Brown

Novel
Margaret Fitts

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Joel McCrea

Josiah Doziah Gray
Ellen Drew

Harriet Gray
Dean Stockwell

John Kenyon
Alan Hale

Jed Isbell
Lewis Stone

Dr. Daniel Kalbert Harris, Sr.
James Mitchell

Dr. Daniel Kalbert Harris, Jr.
Amanda Blake

Faith Radmore Samuels
Juano Hernández

Uncle Famous Prill
Charles Kemper

Prof. Sam Houston Jones
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A review by John Chard

70%

Written by John Chard on March 26, 2018

Yellow backs in fancy dress.

Stars in My Crown is directed by Jacques Tourneur and written by Joe David Brown and Margaret Fitts. It stars Joel McCrea, Ellen Drew, Dean Stockwell, Alan Hale, Lewis Stone, James Mitchell, Amanda Blake and Juano Hernandez. Music is by Adolph Deutsch and cinematography by Charles Schoenbaum.

It's post the American Civil War and we are in the Southern town of Walsburg. Preacher Josiah Gray (McCrea) arrives in town and promptly settles down to become an important part of the community. Soon he will come face to face with two killer diseases, that of typhoid and... read the rest.

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