How Green Was My Valley
1941 · 118 MIN · IMDB 7.7 · 27,653 VOTES · DIR. John Ford
Overview
A man in his fifties reminisces about his childhood growing up in a Welsh mining village at the turn of the 20th century.
Dialogue Timeline — 925 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:01:06 I am packing my belongings in the shawl my mother used to wear to the market
00:05:17 Then came the scrubbing, out in the back yard.
00:10:02 - I'm so proud for Ivor. - I'm the one to be proud.
00:18:07 Union, is it? I never thought I'd hear my own sons talking socialist nonsense.
00:23:10 And always the mood of the men grew uglier
00:28:28 You want to walk again, don't you?
00:33:16 It's the old snow got into it.
00:38:13 Are you coming outside your position in life, Mr Gruffydd?
00:42:09 No. Our own.
00:46:48 ! Send her victorious
00:50:13 And that strength will become a part of you, body, mind and spirit.
00:55:30 The mine owner himself.
00:59:36 No.
01:04:49 Now I know why I have such a tribe of sons.
01:10:09 a shilling for a black eye, two shillings for a broken nose.
01:14:08 - Good morning, Mr... - Jonas.
01:19:35 - It is the fashion. - Fashion.
01:22:35 - Where are you going? - To get drunk.
01:28:10 One line to Owen and Gwil, down to Cape Town to Angharad.
01:31:44 - I'm sorry. - Now then, Mrs Evans. Tea, is it?
01:35:31 Dadda?
01:39:23 The fault is mine as much as yours.
01:42:31 No need for us to shake hands.
01:52:01 How green was my valley then.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed925
Dialogue density7.8 lines / min
First line00:01:06
Final line01:52:01
Production Record
DirectorJohn Ford
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1,250,000
Revenue$6,000,000
IMDb votes27,653