How Green Was My Valley is a 1941 American drama film set in Wales, directed by John Ford. The film, based on the bestselling 1939 novel of the same name by Richard Llewellyn, was produced by Darryl F. Zanuck and scripted by Philip Dunne. It stars Walter Pidgeon, Maureen O'Hara, Anna Lee, Donald Crisp, and a very young Roddy McDowall. It tells the story of the Morgans, a hard-working Welsh mining family, from the point of view of the youngest child Huw, who lives with his affectionate and kind p

How Green Was My Valley is an adaptation of Richard Llewellyn’s 1939 novel. Taking place in the South Wales Valleys, it relates the story of the Morgans, a respectable mining family, through one of the sons, Huw. Watch it tonight at 10:10pm on BBC Four and available after on BBC iPlayer. #BBC100 | BBC Archive