---
title: 'The Secret Garden (1949)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Fred M. Wilcox'
released: '1949-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 92
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-secret-garden-1949'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0041855/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Secret Garden (1949)

1949 · 92 min · Drama · United States


## Synopsis

The Secret Garden is a 1949 American drama film directed by Fred M. Wilcox and produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM). Adapted from the classic 1911 novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Secret Garden is the second film adaptation following a silent version released in 1919. The film stars Margaret O'Brien, Herbert Marshall, Dean Stockwell, Gladys Cooper, and Elsa Lanchester. It centers on a young orphan who is thrust into the dark and mysterious lives of her widowed uncle and his disabled son when she comes to live with them in their isolated country house in Yorkshire, England.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Fred M. Wilcox](https://cinepixo.com/people/fred-m-wilcox)
- **Screenplay:** [Robert Ardrey](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-ardrey)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Bronisław Kaper](https://cinepixo.com/people/bronis-aw-kaper)
- **Producer:** [Clarence Brown](https://cinepixo.com/people/clarence-brown)
- **Director of Photography:** [Ray June](https://cinepixo.com/people/ray-june)
- **Editor:** [Robert J. Kern](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-j-kern)

## Cast

- [Aubrey Mather](https://cinepixo.com/people/aubrey-mather)
- [George Zucco](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-zucco)
- [Margaret O'Brien](https://cinepixo.com/people/margaret-o-brien)
- [Elsa Lanchester](https://cinepixo.com/people/elsa-lanchester)
- [Gladys Cooper](https://cinepixo.com/people/gladys-cooper)
- [Elspeth Dudgeon](https://cinepixo.com/people/elspeth-dudgeon)
- [Leonard Carey](https://cinepixo.com/people/leonard-carey)
- [Norma Varden](https://cinepixo.com/people/norma-varden)
- [Matthew Boulton](https://cinepixo.com/people/matthew-boulton)
- [Dean Stockwell](https://cinepixo.com/people/dean-stockwell)
- [Reginald Owen](https://cinepixo.com/people/reginald-owen)
- [Dennis Hoey](https://cinepixo.com/people/dennis-hoey)
- [Billy Bevan](https://cinepixo.com/people/billy-bevan)
- [Herbert Marshall](https://cinepixo.com/people/herbert-marshall)
- [Lowell Gilmore](https://cinepixo.com/people/lowell-gilmore)

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