Pride and Prejudice (1940)

  • NR
  • 07/26/1940 (US)
  • Drama, Romance
  • 1h 58m

The Gayest Comedy Hit of the Screen! Five Gorgeous Beauties on a Mad-Cap Manhunt!

Overview

Mr. and Mrs. Bennet have five unmarried daughters, and Mrs. Bennet is especially eager to find suitable husbands for them. When the rich single gentlemen Mr. Bingley and Mr. Darcy come to live nearby, the Bennets have high hopes. But pride, prejudice and misunderstandings all combine to complicate their relationships and to make happiness difficult.

Robert Z. Leonard

Director

Jane Austen

Novel

Aldous Huxley

Screenplay

Jane Murfin

Screenplay

Cast

Greer Garson's headshot

Greer Garson

Elizabeth Bennet
Laurence Olivier's headshot

Laurence Olivier

Mr. Darcy
Mary Boland's headshot

Mary Boland

Mrs. Bennet
Edna May Oliver's headshot

Edna May Oliver

Lady Catherine de Bourgh
Maureen O'Sullivan's headshot

Maureen O'Sullivan

Jane Bennet
Ann Rutherford's headshot

Ann Rutherford

Lydia Bennet
Frieda Inescort's headshot

Frieda Inescort

Miss Caroline Bingley
Edmund Gwenn's headshot

Edmund Gwenn

Mr. Bennet

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