Brigham Young | |
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Directed by | Henry Hathaway |
Written by | Louis Bromfield |
Screenplay by | Lamar Trotti |
Produced by | Kenneth Macgowan (associate producer) |
Starring | Tyrone Power Linda Darnell Brian Donlevy Jane Darwell John Carradine Mary Astor Vincent Price Jean Rogers Ann Todd Dean Jagger |
Cinematography | Arthur C. Miller |
Edited by | Robert Bischoff |
Music by | Alfred Newman |
Production company | 20th Century Fox |
Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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Running time | 114 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $2.5 million[1] |
Brigham Young (also known as Brigham Young – Frontiersman) is a 1940 American biographical western film starring Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell and Dean Jagger that describes Young's succession to the presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints after founder Joseph Smith was assassinated in 1844. The supporting cast features Brian Donlevy, Jane Darwell, John Carradine, Mary Astor, Vincent Price and Tully Marshall.