Valley Forge (film)

Valley Forge
Genre	Drama War
Based on	Valley Forge by Maxwell Anderson
Screenplay by	Sidney Carroll
Directed by	Fielder Cook
Starring	Richard Basehart Harry Andrews Simon Ward
Theme music composer	Vladimir Solinsky
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producer	Duane C. Bogie
Producer	Fielder Cook
Running time	75 minutes
Production companies	Clarion Productions Columbia Pictures Television Hallmark Hall of Fame
Original release
Network	NBC
Release	December 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 oiginally 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

• Richard Basehart as General George Washington
• Harry Andrews as General William Howe
• Simon Ward as Major John André
• Victor Garber as General Lafayette
• Christopher Walken as The Hessian
• Edward Herrmann as Congressman Folsom
• Nancy Marchand as Annie
• John Heard as Mr. Harvie
• Woodrow Parfrey as Minto
• Lane Smith as Spad
• Josef Sommer as Brig. Gen. 'Dusty' Varnum

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

• List of films about the American Revolution
• List of American films of 1975

External links

• Valley Forge at IMDb