---
title: 'The Green Years (1946)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Victor Saville'
released: '1946-07-04'
runtime_minutes: 127
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-green-years-1946'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038578/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Green Years (1946)

1946 · 127 min · Drama, Comedy · United States


## Synopsis

The Green Years is a 1946 American comedy-drama film directed by Victor Saville and featuring Charles Coburn, Tom Drake, Beverly Tyler and Hume Cronyn. It was adapted by Robert Ardrey and Sonya Levien from A. J. Cronin's 1944 novel of the same name. It tells the story of the coming-of-age of an Irish orphan in Scotland.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Victor Saville](https://cinepixo.com/people/victor-saville)
- **Producer:** [Leon Gordon](https://cinepixo.com/people/leon-gordon)
- **Screenplay:** [A. J. Cronin](https://cinepixo.com/people/a-j-cronin), [Sonya Levien](https://cinepixo.com/people/sonya-levien), [Robert Ardrey](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-ardrey)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Herbert Stothart](https://cinepixo.com/people/herbert-stothart)
- **Director of Photography:** [George J. Folsey](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-j-folsey)
- **Editor:** [Robert J. Kern](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-j-kern)

## Cast

- [Henry Stephenson](https://cinepixo.com/people/henry-stephenson)
- [Morris Ankrum](https://cinepixo.com/people/morris-ankrum)
- [Jimmy Aubrey](https://cinepixo.com/people/jimmy-aubrey)
- [Richard Haydn](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-haydn)
- [Selena Royle](https://cinepixo.com/people/selena-royle)
- [Hume Cronyn](https://cinepixo.com/people/hume-cronyn)
- [Norma Varden](https://cinepixo.com/people/norma-varden)
- [Yvette Duguay](https://cinepixo.com/people/yvette-duguay)
- [Charles Coburn](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-coburn)
- [Lumsden Hare](https://cinepixo.com/people/lumsden-hare)
- [Colin Kenny](https://cinepixo.com/people/colin-kenny)
- [Herbert Evans](https://cinepixo.com/people/herbert-evans)
- [Jessica Tandy](https://cinepixo.com/people/jessica-tandy)
- [Brandon Hurst](https://cinepixo.com/people/brandon-hurst)
- [Guy Stockwell](https://cinepixo.com/people/guy-stockwell)

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