Story of movie I%27d Climb The Highest Mountain : I'd Climb the Highest Mountain is a 1951 Technicolor religious drama film made by Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation. It was directed by Henry King and produced by Lamar Trotti from a screenplay by King and Trotti. The story is based on a 1910 novel by Corra Harris about a minister and his wife in southern Appalachia in the early 20th century. The music score was by Sol Kaplan and the cinematography by Edward Cronjager.
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| Directed by | Henry King |
| Produced by | Lamar Trotti |
| Written by | Henry King Lamar Trotti |
| Based on | A Circuit Rider's Wife 1910 novel by Corra Harris |
| Starring | Susan Hayward William Lundigan Rory Calhoun Barbara Bates Gene Lockhart Alexander Knox Lynn Bari |
| Music by | Sol Kaplan |
| Cinematography | Edward Cronjager |
| Edited by | Barbara McLean |
| Distributed by | Twentieth Century Fox |
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Running time | 88 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $2,150,000 (US rentals) |
The film stars Susan Hayward and William Lundigan with Rory Calhoun, Barbara Bates, Gene Lockhart, Alexander Knox and Lynn Bari.
The movie was shot in the Appalachian Mountains of Georgia, an unusual and out-of-the-way location at the time. (By an odd coincidence, star Susan Hayward moved to another part of rural Georgia a few years later, settling down to farm and ranch with her second husband when she was not making films. The couple are buried near the town of Carrollton.)
Screenplay
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William Thompson (William Lundigan) is a minister from the Deep South who has recently married Mary Elizabeth (Susan Hayward), a woman from the city. William is assigned a new parish and moves with his wife to a town in Georgia's Blue Ridge Mountains, where he tends to the spiritual and emotional needs of his small flock. The poverty and isolation of the region, and the everyday problems of local people, put a strain on the couple's faith and marriage.
- Susan Hayward as Mary Elizabeth Eden Thompson
- William Lundigan as Rev. William Asbury Thompson
- Rory Calhoun as Jack Stark
- Barbara Bates as Jenny Brock
- Gene Lockhart as Jeff Brock
- Lynn Bari as Mrs. Billywith
- Ruth Donnelly as Glory White
- Kathleen Lockhart as Mrs. Brock
- Alexander Knox as Tom Salter
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