The Foxes of Harrow

• Director: John M. Stahl
• AMG Rating:
• Genre: Drama
• Main Cast: Renee Beard, Rex Harrison, Maureen O'Hara, Vanessa Brown, Richard Haydn, Victor McLaglen, Hugo Haas, Patricia Medina
• Release Year: 1947
• Country: US
• Run Time: 117 minutes

Plot

Frank Yerby's Foxes of Harrow was one of those long historical novels so popular in the 1940s. 20th Century-Fox boiled the novel down into 118 minutes' worth of essentials for this film version. In antebellum New Orleans, roguish Irish gambler Rex Harrison buys his way into society--something he couldn't do in his homeland because he is illegitimate. Sequestering himself in a mansion won in a card game, Harrison courts Southern belle Maureen O'Hara, but their subsequent marriage is befouled by Rex's incessant womanizing. Though tempted to walk out for good, O'Hara stays by her husband's side after he loses his fortune, hoping that the impoverished Harrison will now behave more responsibly. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast

• Renee Beard - Little Inch
• Rex Harrison - Stephen Fox
• Maureen O'Hara - Odalie d'Arceneaux
• Vanessa Brown - Aurore D'Arceneaux
• Richard Haydn - Andre LeBlanc
• Victor McLaglen - Capt. Mike Farrell
• Patricia Medina - Desiree
• Hugo Haas - Hugo Ludenbach

Suzette Harbin - Belle; Dennis Hoey - Master of Harrow; Charles Irwin - Sean Fox; Marcel Journet - St. Ange; Gene Lockhart - The Vicomte; Sam McDaniel - Josh; Roy Roberts - Tom Warren; Libby Taylor - Angelina; Kenny Washington - Achille; Dorothy Adams - Mrs. Fox; Eugene Borden - French Auctioneer; Frederick Burton - Creole Gentleman; André Charlot - Dr. Terrebone; Helen Crazier - Zerline; Joseph Crehan - Captain; Wee Willie Davis - Sailor; Henri Letondal - Maspero; Celia Lovsky - Minna Ludenbach; Georges Renavent - Priest; Randy Stuart - Mother of Stephen Fox; Jasper Weldon - Jode; Bernard DeRoux - Creole Waiter

Credit

Maurice Ransford - Art Director, Lyle Wheeler - Art Director, John M. Stahl - Director, James B. Clark - Editor, David Buttolph - Composer (Music Score), Alfred Newman - Composer (Music Score), Alfred Newman - Musical Direction/Supervision, Paul S. Fox - Production Designer, Thomas K. Little - Production Designer, Joseph La Shelle - Cinematographer, William A. Bacher - Producer, Paul S. Fox - Set Designer, Thomas K. Little - Set Designer, Fred Sersen - Special Effects, Wanda Tuchock - Screenwriter, Frank Yerby - Book Author

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