The Howards of Virginia

The Vivid Drama Of A Nation's Birth !

Beautiful young Virginian Jane steps down from her proper aristocratic upbringing when she marries down-to-earth surveyor Matt Howard. Matt joins the Colonial forces in their fight for freedom against England. Matt will meet Jane's father in the battlefield.

Drama History War

Cary Grant

Martha Scott

(Jane Peyton-Howard)

Cedric Hardwicke

(Fleetwood Peyton)

Alan Marshal

Richard Carlson

(Thomas Jefferson)

Paul Kelly

(Capt. Jabez Allen)

Irving Bacon

Elisabeth Risdon

(Aunt Clarissa)

Anne Revere

(Mrs. Betsy Norton)

Tom Drake

(James Howard at 16)

Phil Taylor

(Peyton Howard at 18)

Rita Quigley

(Mary Howard at 17)

Libby Taylor

Richard Gaines

(Patrick Henry)

George Houston

(George Washington)

Ralph Byrd

Dickie Jones

(Matt Howard at 12)

Buster Phelps

(Thomas Jefferson at 11)

Wade Boteler

Mary Field

Roy Gordon

(Col. Jefferson)

Charles Francis

Peter Cushing

(Leslie Stephens)

John Gallaudet

(Backwoodsman (uncredited))

J. Anthony Hughes

(Tidewater Representative (uncredited))

Terry Moore

(Neighbor Girl (uncredited))

Jason Robards Sr.

(Backwoodsman (uncredited))

Dan White

(Will (uncredited))

Conrad Binyon

Bobby Callahan

Lane Chandler

Vernon Downing

Eddie Dunn

Sarah Edwards

(Neighbor Girl)

Tom Fadden

Joe Farey

Leon Farey

Ralph Gilliam

Jesse Graves

J. Franklin Harrison

June Hedin

(Young Mary Howard)

Leyland Hodgson

(British Officer)

Brandon Hurst

Olaf Hytten

Boyd Irwin

(Speaker of the House of Burgess)

Claude King

(Governor of Virginia)

Leonard Lawrence

Richard Lyon

(Young Peyton Howard)

Virginia Sale

(Neighbor Girl)

Pat Somerset

Rafael Alcayde

Emmett Vogan

(Representative)

Eddy Waller

(Patriot Scout)

Dick Wessel

James Westerfield

Alan Ladd

(Backwoodsman (uncredited))

George Boyce

(Representative)