Brigham Young

Brigham Young

114 mins | Romance, History, Western | Sept. 27, 1940

Based on the story of the famous Mormon leader, it follows Brigham Young and his challenge to transport his people across the Rocky mountains to settle in Salt Lake City. The plot focuses on two fictitious characters, Jonathan Kent and Zina Webb and the hardships they have to face along the way.

Brigham Young

114 mins | Romance, History, Western | Sept. 27, 1940

Brigham Young
Based on the story of the famous Mormon leader, it follows Brigham Young and his challenge to transport his people across the Rocky mountains to settle in Salt Lake City. The plot focuses on two fictitious characters, Jonathan Kent and Zina Webb and the hardships they have to face along the way.
IMDb rating 6.3
Producers 20th Century Fox
Original title Brigham Young
Directors Henry Hathaway
Writers Lamar Trotti, Louis Bromfield

Cast

Tyrone Power

as Jonathan Kent

Linda Darnell

as Zina Webb - The Outsider

Dean Jagger

as Brigham Young

Brian Donlevy

as Angus Duncan

Jane Darwell

as Eliza Kent

John Carradine

as Porter Rockwell

Mary Astor

as Mary Ann Young

Vincent Price

as Joseph Smith

Jean Rogers

as Clara Young

Ann E. Todd

as Mary Kent

Willard Robertson

as Heber Kimball

Moroni Olsen

as Doc Richards

Marc Lawrence

as Prosecutor

Stanley Andrews

as Hyrum Smith

Frank M. Thomas

as Hubert Crum

Fuzzy Knight

as Pete

Dickie Jones

as Henry Kent

Selmer Jackson

as Caleb Kent

Frederick Burton

as Mr. Webb

Arthur Aylesworth

as Jim Bridger

Chief John Big Tree

as Big Elk

Davison Clark

as Johnson

Claire Du Brey

as Emma Smith

Tully Marshall

as Judge

Dick Rich

as 1st Mob Leader

Edwin Maxwell

as 2nd Mob Leader

Ralph Dunn

as Jury Foreman

Edmund MacDonald

as Elder

George Melford

as John Taylor

Russell Simpson

as U.S. Army Major

Paul E. Burns

as Man with California Gold News

Cliff Clark

as Dissenter

Edmund Elton

as Undetermined Role

Jody Gilbert

as Stout Woman Who Can't Swim

William Haade

as Skeptic

Herbert Heywood

as Jokester at Chronicle Notice

Cammilla Johnson

as Little Girl

Cullen Johnson

as Boy in Covered Wagon

Payne B. Johnson

as Boy in Covered Wagon

David Kirkland

as Elder

Bob Kortman

as Agitator

Paul Kruger

as Raider

Ann Kunde

as Mormon

Frank LaRue

as Sheriff

Charles Frederick Lindsley

as Trailer Narrator (voice)

Tom London

as Raider

Murdock MacQuarrie

as Undetermined Role

Louis Mason

as Man Laughing at Joke

Charles Middleton

as Mob Member

Frank Mills

as Man in Newspaper Office / Agitator

Philip Morris

as Mob Member

Imboden Parrish

as Minor Role

Ruth Robinson

as Discouraged Mormon

John Roy

as Minor Role

Frank Shannon

as Second Man with California Gold News

Lee Shumway

as Mob Member

Harry Tyler

as Undetermined Role

Eddy Waller

as an with California Gold News

Cecil Weston

as Minor Role

Blackie Whiteford

as Court Spectator

Hank Worden

as Mormon Cheering Porter