Bright Leaf (1950)
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Bright Leaf, a sprawling saga of the tobacco industry in North Carolina, began as a novel by Foster Fitzsimmons, a native Carolinian who for many years taught at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill's theatre department. The film version of Bright Leaf has been simplified and reshaped to… More Bright Leaf, a sprawling saga of the tobacco industry in North Carolina, began as a novel by Foster Fitzsimmons, a native Carolinian who for many years taught at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill's theatre department. The film version of Bright Leaf has been simplified and reshaped to serve as a traditional Gary Cooper vehicle. Cooper stars as tenant farmer Brant Royle, who after being driven from his home town by autocratic tobacco tycoon Major Singleton (Donald Crisp) returns in triumph with a revolutionary cigarette-making machine. Royle's streamlined techniques soon drive Singleton out of business. Margaret Singleton (Patricia Neal), Royle's old flame, agrees to marry him to save her father from ruin--whereupon the Major commits suicide. The vengeful Margaret then does everything she can to destroy Royle. The question remaining: can Brant Royle save himself and find ultimate happiness with his true love, Sonia Kovac (Lauren Bacall)? Also appearing in Bright Leaf are Jack Carson as Royle's flamboyant business partner Chris Malley and Jeff Corey as John Barton, the inventor of the "miracle" cigarette-making apparatus. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Michael Curtiz
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
Unrated,
- Studio
- Unknown
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Cast
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Gary Cooper
as Brant Royle
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Lauren Bacall
as Sonja Kovac
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Jack Carson
as Chris Malley
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Patricia Neal
as Margaret Jane Singleton
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Donald Crisp
as Maj. James Singleton
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Gladys George
as Rose
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Elizabeth Patterson
as Tabitha Jackson
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Jeff Corey
as John Barton
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Taylor Holmes
as Lawyer Calhoun
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Thurston Hall
as Phillips
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Marietta Canty
as Queenie
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William Walker
as Simon
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Shelby Bacon
as Fauntleroy
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Marshall Bradford
as Farmer
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Chick Chandler
as Tobacco Auctioneer
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Boyd Davis
as Official
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Elzie Emanuel
as Black Boy
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Pat Flaherty
as Farmer
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Pat Goldin
as Cousin Arthur
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James Griffith
as Ellery
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Pete Kellett
as Farmer's Son
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Leslie Kimmell
as Hopkins
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Lyle Latell
as Clay
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Celia Lovsky
as Dressmaker
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Cleo Moore
as Cousin Louise
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Paul Newlan
as Blacksmith
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John M. Pickard
as Devers
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Nita Talbot
as Cousin Theodora
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Chalky Williams
as Sheriff
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James Adamson
as Black Peddler
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Ira Buck Woods
as Black Peddler
