---
title: 'Pride and Prejudice (1940)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Robert Z. Leonard'
released: '1940-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 117
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/pride-and-prejudice-1940'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032943/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Pride and Prejudice (1940)

1940 · 117 min · Drama, Romance · United States


## Synopsis

Pride and Prejudice is a 1940 American film adaptation of Jane Austen's 1813 novel Pride and Prejudice, starring Greer Garson and Laurence Olivier. Directed by Robert Z. Leonard, the screenplay was written by Aldous Huxley and Jane Murfin, adapted specifically from the stage adaptation by Helen Jerome, in addition to Jane Austen's novel.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Robert Z. Leonard](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-z-leonard)
- **Screenplay:** [Aldous Huxley](https://cinepixo.com/people/aldous-huxley), [Jane Murfin](https://cinepixo.com/people/jane-murfin)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Herbert Stothart](https://cinepixo.com/people/herbert-stothart)
- **Producer:** [Hunt Stromberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/hunt-stromberg)
- **Director of Photography:** [Karl Freund](https://cinepixo.com/people/karl-freund)
- **Editor:** [Robert J. Kern](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-j-kern)

## Cast

- [Vernon Downing](https://cinepixo.com/people/vernon-downing) as Captain Carter
- [E. E. Clive](https://cinepixo.com/people/e-e-clive) as Sir William Lucas
- [Edmund Gwenn](https://cinepixo.com/people/edmund-gwenn) as Mr Bennet
- [Claud Allister](https://cinepixo.com/people/claud-allister) as Mr. Beck
- [Frank Elliott](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-elliott) as Mathews
- [Maureen O'Sullivan](https://cinepixo.com/people/maureen-o-sullivan) as Jane Bennet
- [Bruce Lester](https://cinepixo.com/people/bruce-lester) as Charles Bingley
- [Frieda Inescort](https://cinepixo.com/people/frieda-inescort) as Caroline Bingley
- [Gwendolyn Logan](https://cinepixo.com/people/gwendolyn-logan) as Mrs. Stubbs
- [Marsha Hunt](https://cinepixo.com/people/marsha-hunt) as Mary Bennet
- [Ann Rutherford](https://cinepixo.com/people/ann-rutherford) as Lydia Bennet
- [Gerald Oliver Smith](https://cinepixo.com/people/gerald-oliver-smith) as Colonel Fitzwilliam
- [Marten Lamont](https://cinepixo.com/people/marten-lamont) as Mr. Denny
- [Gia Kent](https://cinepixo.com/people/gia-kent) as Miss de Bourgh
- [Greer Garson](https://cinepixo.com/people/greer-garson) as Elizabeth Bennet

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