Synopsis
By the start of World War II, Paul Robeson had given up his lucrative mainstream work to participate in more socially progressive film and stage productions. As David Goliath, in the popular British drama The Proud Valley, Robeson is the quintessential everyman, an American sailor who joins rank-and-file Welsh miners organizing against the powers that be.
Cast
| David Goliath | Paul Robeson |
| Dick Parry | Edward Chapman |
| Evelyn Parry | Simon Lack |
| Mrs. Parry | Rachel Thomas |
| Dilys | Dilys Thomas |
| Bert | Edward Rigby |
| Gwen Owen | Janet Johnson |
| Evans | Charles Williams |
| Thomas | Jack Jones |
Credits
| Director | Pen Tennyson |
| Producer | Michael Balcon |
| Musical arrangement | Ernest Irving |
| Based on the story by | Herbert Marshall and Alfredda Brilliant |
| Screenplay | Pen Tennyson, Jack Jones and Louis Golding |
| Associate producer | Sergei Nolbandov |
| Cinematography | Glen MacWilliams and Roy Kellino |
| Art director | Wilfrid Shingleton |
| Editing | Ray Pitt |
Disc Features
FEATURED ON THE DISC PAUL ROBESON: CITIZEN OF THE WORLD WITH THE FEATURE NATIVE LAND
- New, digital transfers of The Proud Valley and Native Land created from the best surviving elements
- “The Story of Native Land,” a new video interview with cinematographer Tom Hurwitz, son of Frontier Films cofounder and Native Land codirector Leo Hurwitz
- 1958 Pacifica Radio interview with Paul Robeson (Courtesy of Pacifica Radio Archives)
- Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
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