Happy Land (1943)
1h 13m
Running Time
November 10, 1943Release Date
Happy Land (1943)
1h 13m
Running Time
November 10, 1943Release Date
Network & Production Companies
Plot.
An Iowa drugstore owner becomes embittered when his son is killed in World War II. The druggist believes that the boy's life was cut short before he had an opportunity to truly appreciate his existence.
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Cast & Crew.
Don Ameche
Lew Marsh
Frances Dee
Agnes Marsh
Harry Carey
Gramp
Cara Williams
Gretchen Barry
Ann Rutherford
Lenore Prentiss
Irving Pichel
Director
Richard Crane
Rusty Marsh
Kathryn Scola
Writer
Harry Morgan
Tony Cavrek (as Henry Morgan)
Julien Josephson
Writer
Minor Watson
Judge Colvin
MacKinlay Kantor
Writer
Dickie Moore
Peter Orcutt
Kenneth Macgowan
Producer
Richard Abbott
Reverend Wood (uncredited)
Jackie Averill
Tod (uncredited)
Cyril J. Mockridge
Composer
Walter Baldwin
Jake Hibbs (uncredited)
Joseph E. Bernard
Clerk (uncredited)
Lillian Bronson
Mattie Dyer (uncredited)
Marjorie Cooley
Teacher (uncredited)
Adeline De Walt Reynolds
Mrs. Schneider (uncredited)
John Dilson
Charles Clayton (uncredited)
Ned Dobson Jr.
Jackie (uncredited)
Robert Dudley
Old Man Bowers (uncredited)
Elvin Field
Joe (uncredited)
Reed Hadley
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Darla Hood
Lenore Prentiss, age 12 (uncredited)
Milton Kibbee
Shep Wayne (uncredited)
Pass Le Noir
Dr. Hammond (uncredited)
Terry Masengale
Arch (uncredited)
Edwin Mills
Bud (uncredited)
Matt Moore
Mr. Prentiss (uncredited)
Roseanne Murray
Mrs. Velma Jacobson (uncredited)
William J. O'Brien
Chris (uncredited)
Larry Olsen
Rusty, age 5 (uncredited)
Oscar O'Shea
Father Case (uncredited)
June Preston
Mrs. Prentiss' Daughter (uncredited)
Aileen Pringle
Mrs. Prentiss (uncredited)
Juanita Quigley
Sally Pierce (uncredited)
James J. Smith
Everett Moore (uncredited)
Houseley Stevenson
Sam Watson (uncredited)
Tom Stevenson
Mr. MacMurray (uncredited)
Ferris Taylor
Mayor (uncredited)
Bernard Thomas
Sam Kendall (uncredited)
Larry Thompson
Andy Jacobson (uncredited)
William Weber
Bill Beecher (uncredited)
Paul Weigel
Pop Schmidt (uncredited)
James West
Rusty, ages 12 to 16 (uncredited)
Leigh Whipper
Old Ben (uncredited)
Mary Wickes
Emmy (uncredited)
Natalie Wood
Little Girl Dropping Ice Cream Cone (uncredited)
James Basevi
Art Direction
Joseph LaShelle
Director of Photography
Thomas Little
Set Decoration
Roger Heman Sr.
Sound
Media.
Details.
Release DateNovember 10, 1943
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 13m
Content RatingNR
Genres
Wiki.
Happy Land is a 1943 film directed by Irving Pichel and starring Don Ameche. A World War II home front drama, it was based on the 1943 novel of the same name by MacKinlay Kantor.