The Corn Is Green (1945)

7.2/10 • 115 min • Drama

Overview

When a teacher reads an essay written by Morgan Evans, one of the boys, moved by his rough poetry she decides to hold classes in her house and believes that Morgan is smart enough to attend Oxford.

Cast

Bette Davis

Miss Lilly Christabel Moffat

John Dall

Morgan Evans

Nigel Bruce

The Squire

Rhys Williams

Mr. Jones

Rosalind Ivan

Mrs. Watty

Mildred Dunnock

Miss Ronberry

Arthur Shields

Glyn Thomas

William Roy

Idwal Morris

Joan Lorring

Bessie Watty

Michael Chapin

Schoolboy (uncredited)

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