The Foxes of Harrow
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Theatrical film poster
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| Directed by | John M. Stahl |
| Produced by | William A. Bacher |
| Written by | Frank Yerby (novel) |
| Screenplay by |
Wanda Tuchock Dwight Taylor Edwin Justus Mayer Thomas Job |
| Based on | The Foxes of Harrow |
| Starring |
Rex Harrison Maureen O'Hara Richard Haydn Victor McLaglen Vanessa Brown Patricia Medina Gene Lockhart |
| Music by | David Buttolph |
| Cinematography | Joseph LaShelle |
| Edited by | James B. Clark |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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Release date
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24 September 1947 |
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Running time
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117 minutes |
| Country | United States/United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $2,750,000 |
| Box office | $3,150,000 (US rentals) |
The Foxes of Harrow is a 1947 adventure film directed by John M. Stahl. The film stars Rex Harrison, Maureen O'Hara and Richard Haydn.
The film was nominated an Academy Award for Best Art Direction (Lyle Wheeler, Maurice Ransford, Thomas Little, Paul S. Fox).
In the pre-Civil War New Orleans, roguish Irish gambler Stephen Fox (Rex Harrison) buys his way into society – something he couldn't do in his homeland because he is illegitimate.
The storyline is derived from the eponymous novel The Foxes of Harrow by Frank Yerby. Fox paid author Frank Yerby $150,000 for the motion picture rights to The Foxes of Harrow, which was his first novel. A December 1947 Ebony article called the figure "the biggest bonanza ever pocketed by a colored writer" and stated that the book was "the first Negro-authored novel ever bought by a Hollywood studio."
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