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      Chad Hanna

      Released Dec 25, 1940 1h 26m Drama List
      Reviews 40% 50+ Ratings Audience Score In the 1840s, a small-town youth, Chad (Henry Fonda), leaves home to take up with a traveling circus and soon falls for Lady Lillian (Dorothy Lamour), a daredevil horse rider. Unfortunately, she refuses to have anything to do with the unsophisticated young man, and her fellow performs follow suit. Chad then meets Caroline, a runaway teen, and they form an intimate bond. Later, when the circus faces money troubles, Chad comes up with a brilliant way to prove his worth. Read More Read Less

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      Audience Member I really enjoyed this classic film.... Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/22/23 Full Review Audience Member the first and only pairing of fonda and lamour Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member Circus drama with a cast far superior to the pedestrian script they were handed. They make the best of it but it's all very routine. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Don Q. Cine-Mundial The whole movie is an accurate painting of the reality, with its rivalries, its struggles, its disappointments and its triumphs. [Full review in Spanish] Sep 17, 2019 Full Review Read all reviews

      Movie Info

      Synopsis In the 1840s, a small-town youth, Chad (Henry Fonda), leaves home to take up with a traveling circus and soon falls for Lady Lillian (Dorothy Lamour), a daredevil horse rider. Unfortunately, she refuses to have anything to do with the unsophisticated young man, and her fellow performs follow suit. Chad then meets Caroline, a runaway teen, and they form an intimate bond. Later, when the circus faces money troubles, Chad comes up with a brilliant way to prove his worth.
      Director
      Henry King
      Screenwriter
      Nunnally Johnson
      Distributor
      20th Century Fox
      Genre
      Drama
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Dec 25, 1940, Original
      Release Date (DVD)
      May 13, 2014
      Runtime
      1h 26m