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The Pursuit of Happiness
1 hour 15 minutes1934-09-27
5.8
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Lederer is a Hessian soldier who defects to the Americans during the Revolutionary War.He falls in love with a Yankee girl, but a thuggish local militiaman jealously makes things hard for him while he's a prisoner of war.
Cast
![Francis Lederer](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//jf2hWEynH4PbygMSp0hbXqAGJ8l.jpg)
Francis Lederer
Max Christmann
![Joan Bennett](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//w5Zd68FpxwRu5s2em6JsbVswPyl.jpg)
Joan Bennett
Prudence Kirkland
![Charles Ruggles](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//AeZveQoUM17qbBB8HxIVka3LQbo.jpg)
Charles Ruggles
Aaron Kirkland
![Mary Boland](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//mqQFCk1l04bnqs5prmrDkupVy8B.jpg)
Mary Boland
Comfort Kirkland
![Barbara Barondess](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//8NWNQjRRdWeknIrl2Off0F0DWxS.jpg)
Barbara Barondess
Meg Mallory
![Minor Watson](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//zQSWclRZxKxaclZw3MOdTkv8WsQ.jpg)
Minor Watson
Colonel Sherwood
![Irving Bacon](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//oFczw1DlGJ2p1wr4osdC2flX9qN.jpg)
Irving Bacon
Bijah
![Walter Kingsford](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//41Xovcyc1PzAST3PUnExzk4FvwE.jpg)
Walter Kingsford
Rev. Lyman Banks
![Adrian Morris](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//5KTXxXPhFW2tobplHddJndtP2Wk.jpg)
Adrian Morris
Thad Jennings
![Duke York](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//kWW28nxQuzHFPTatJaUDK68CzLa.jpg)
Duke York
Jonathan
![Burr Caruth](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Burr Caruth
Rev. Myles
![Jules Cowles](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//j1JQLQ7vyRylIb4OHaGQlpIHXRd.jpg)
Jules Cowles
The Drunk
![Spencer Charters](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//mIx8iHZIGcGbB1hP80RV4vxBcrd.jpg)
Spencer Charters
Sam Evans
![Holmes Herbert](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//oCvbtPpsOEdrFLR6be8qkRfOZ3x.jpg)