---
title: 'The Proud Valley (1940)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Pen Tennyson'
released: '1940-01-01'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-proud-valley-1940'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031828/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Proud Valley (1940)

1940 · Drama · United Kingdom


## Synopsis

The Proud Valley is a 1940 Ealing Studios film starring Paul Robeson. Filmed in the South Wales coalfield, the principal Welsh coal mining area, the film is about an African American seaman who joins a mining community. It includes their passion for singing as well as the dangers and precariousness of working in a mine.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Pen Tennyson](https://cinepixo.com/people/pen-tennyson)
- **Screenplay:** [Fredda Brilliant](https://cinepixo.com/people/fredda-brilliant)
- **Producer:** [Michael Balcon](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-balcon)

## Cast

- [Simon Lack](https://cinepixo.com/people/simon-lack)
- [Edward Chapman](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-chapman)
- [Rachel Thomas](https://cinepixo.com/people/rachel-thomas)
- [Paul Robeson](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-robeson)

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