Deep Valley
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| Directed by | Jean Negulesco |
| Produced by | Henry Blanke |
| Screenplay by |
Stephen Morehouse Avery Salka Viertel |
| Based on | the novel Deep Valley by Dan Totheroh |
| Starring |
Ida Lupino Dane Clark |
| Music by | Max Steiner |
| Cinematography | Ted McCord |
| Edited by | Owen Marks |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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104 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $1.4 million (US) |
Deep Valley is a 1947 drama starring Ida Lupino and Dane Clark, directed by Jean Negulesco and produced and released by Warner Bros. A young woman lives unhappily with her embittered parents in an isolated rural home until an escaped convict changes her dreary existence. It was based on the novel of the same name by Dan Totheroh.
A young woman, Libby Saul (Ida Lupino), lives with her parents, who are themselves estranged, on an isolated farm not far from the California coast. Libby is used by her parents as a diplomatic middle-man, since they no longer speak to ach other directly. She has developed a stammer over the years, and spends ost of her spare time wandering around in the nearby woods with her beloved dog, Joe. One day when she is out wandering she bumps into a group of convicts who are building a road along the coastline. She takes an interest in the convicts and their building, so she returns for several days, without her parents knowing, to watch them at a distance. She is particularly interested in one of the handsome young convicts, Barry Burnett (Dane Clark).
Eventually the convicts work their way through the hill that stands between them and Libby's parents' farm. They approach the farm in search of fresh water from the farm well. Mr Saul (Henry Hull), Libby's father, offers to sell water to them, but they turn the offer down. Mr. Saul decides to give them the water for free instead. The foreman (Jack Mower) of the road workers taunts Burnett to the point when he explodes and punches his boss. Burnett is handcuffed and Libby breaks down in tears over the man's unfortunate fate. one of the young men working with the convicts, Jeff Barker (Wayne Morris), is an engineer, who is fresh out of the army. Mr. Saul invites Barker to the farm for dinner one night, and Mrs. Saul (Fay Bainter) wants the engineer to befriend her daughter, hoping that he would take an interest in her and ultimately want to marry her. Libby and Barker strike up a conversation, but since Libby is very interested in the fate of young Burnett, she inquires the engineer about what is going to happen to him. Barker replies that Burnett will be sent back to San Quentin for the attack on the foreman.
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