---
title: 'Young Widow (1946)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Edwin L. Marin'
released: '1946-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 100
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'War'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/young-widow-1946'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0039114/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Young Widow (1946)

1946 · 100 min · Drama, War · United States


## Synopsis

Young Widow is a 1946 drama film directed by Edwin L. Marin and starring Jane Russell and Louis Hayward. It focuses on Joan Kenwood, a young journalist who cannot get over her husband's death in World War II. Kenwood is reminded in large ways and small of her late husband during every one of her assignments. With The Outlaw still being withheld from general release, Young Widow was Jane Russell's debut.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Edwin L. Marin](https://cinepixo.com/people/edwin-l-marin)
- **Screenplay:** [Richard Macaulay](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-macaulay)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Carmen Dragon](https://cinepixo.com/people/carmen-dragon)
- **Producer:** [Hunt Stromberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/hunt-stromberg)
- **Director of Photography:** [Lee Garmes](https://cinepixo.com/people/lee-garmes)

## Cast

- [Steve Brodie](https://cinepixo.com/people/steve-brodie)
- [Louise Beavers](https://cinepixo.com/people/louise-beavers)
- [Charles Sullivan](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-sullivan)
- [Faith Domergue](https://cinepixo.com/people/faith-domergue)
- [Kent Taylor](https://cinepixo.com/people/kent-taylor)
- [Walter Baldwin](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-baldwin)
- [Norman Lloyd](https://cinepixo.com/people/norman-lloyd)
- [Jane Russell](https://cinepixo.com/people/jane-russell)
- [James Burke](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-burke)
- [Marie Wilson](https://cinepixo.com/people/marie-wilson)
- [James Flavin](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-flavin)
- [William Newell](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-newell)
- [Connie Gilchrist](https://cinepixo.com/people/connie-gilchrist)
- [Louis Hayward](https://cinepixo.com/people/louis-hayward)
- [Cora Witherspoon](https://cinepixo.com/people/cora-witherspoon)

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