Valley Forge (film)

Valley Forge
GenreDrama
War
Based onValley Forge
by Maxwell Anderson
Screenplay bySidney Carroll
Directed byFielder Cook
StarringRichard Basehart
Harry Andrews
Simon Ward
Theme music composerVladimir Solinsky
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producerDuane C. Bogie
ProducerFielder Cook
Running time75 minutes
Production companiesClarion Productions
Columbia Pictures Television
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Original release
NetworkNBC
ReleaseDecember 3, 1975 (1975-12-03)

Valley Forge is a 1975 American made-for-television film adaptation of the 1934 Broadway play written by Maxwell Anderson, directed and produced by Fielder Cook. It was originally broadcast as part of the Hallmark Hall of Fame series of specials.

Plot

The film concerns the American Revolutionary War encampment at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania and a planned escape by the men desperate to leave behind the terrible conditions of the winter.

Cast

Production

Writing

To condense the plot, the seventy-five-minute production entirely omits the play's principal female character, Mary Philipse.

Filming

Shot partly on location in Canada.

See also