The Pursuit of Happiness

The Pursuit of Happiness

75 mins | Comedy, Romance, History | Sept. 27, 1934

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.

The Pursuit of Happiness

75 mins | Comedy, Romance, History | Sept. 27, 1934

The Pursuit of Happiness
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.
Producers Paramount
Original title The Pursuit of Happiness
Directors Alexander Hall
Writers

Cast

Francis Lederer

as Max Christmann

Joan Bennett

as Prudence Kirkland

Charles Ruggles

as Aaron Kirkland

Mary Boland

as Comfort Kirkland

Barbara Barondess

as Meg Mallory

Minor Watson

as Colonel Sherwood

Irving Bacon

as Bijah

Walter Kingsford

as Rev. Lyman Banks

Adrian Morris

as Thad Jennings