The Pursuit of Happiness

Movie Overview

Lederer is a Hessian soldier who defects to the Americans during the Revolutionary War.He falls in love with a Yankee girl, but a thuggish local militiaman jealously makes things hard for him while he's a prisoner of war.

Cast

Francis Lederer

Max Christmann

Joan Bennett

Prudence Kirkland

Charles Ruggles

Aaron Kirkland

Mary Boland

Comfort Kirkland

Barbara Barondess

Meg Mallory

Minor Watson

Colonel Sherwood

Irving Bacon

Bijah

Walter Kingsford

Rev. Lyman Banks