---
title: 'The Howards of Virginia (1940)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Frank Lloyd'
released: '1940-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 116
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-howards-of-virginia-1940'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032612/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Howards of Virginia (1940)

1940 · 116 min · Drama · United States


## Synopsis

The Howards of Virginia is a 1940 American drama war Western film directed by Frank Lloyd, released by Columbia Pictures, and based on the book The Tree of Liberty written by Elizabeth Page. The Howards of Virginia live through the American Revolutionary War, with Cary Grant starring as Matt Howard, Martha Scott starring as his wife Jane Peyton Howard, and Alan Marshal and Sir Cedric Hardwicke starring as Jane's brothers Roger and Fleetwood Peyton. Fleetwood Peyton is Jane's elder brother, the patriarch of his family, and a member of the Tidewater aristocracy. The film includes a look at the young Matt Howard, Thomas Jefferson, and Jane Peyton.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Frank Lloyd](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-lloyd)
- **Screenplay:** [Sidney Buchman](https://cinepixo.com/people/sidney-buchman)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Richard Hageman](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-hageman)
- **Director of Photography:** [Bert Glennon](https://cinepixo.com/people/bert-glennon)
- **Editor:** [Paul Weatherwax](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-weatherwax)

## Cast

- [Mary Field](https://cinepixo.com/people/mary-field)
- [Buster Phelps](https://cinepixo.com/people/buster-phelps)
- [Paul Kelly](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-kelly)
- [Cedric Hardwicke](https://cinepixo.com/people/cedric-hardwicke)
- [Richard Gaines](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-gaines)
- [Ralph Byrd](https://cinepixo.com/people/ralph-byrd)
- [Anne Revere](https://cinepixo.com/people/anne-revere)
- [Lane Chandler](https://cinepixo.com/people/lane-chandler)
- [Alan Marshal](https://cinepixo.com/people/alan-marshal)
- [Richard Carlson](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-carlson)
- [Elisabeth Risdon](https://cinepixo.com/people/elisabeth-risdon)
- [Irving Bacon](https://cinepixo.com/people/irving-bacon)
- [Claude King](https://cinepixo.com/people/claude-king)
- [Martha Scott](https://cinepixo.com/people/martha-scott)
- [Cary Grant](https://cinepixo.com/people/cary-grant)

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