The Corn Is Green
1979 · 93 min · ★ 7.4 · Drama, TV Movie
A strong-willed teacher, determined to educate the poor and illiterate youth of an impoverished Welsh village, discovers one student whom she believes to have the seeds of genius in him.
Directed by George Cukor · Written by James Costigan
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Katharine Hepburn Miss Lilly Moffat - I Ian Saynor Morgan Evans
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Bill Fraser The Squire -
Patricia Hayes Mrs. Watty -
Anna Massey Miss Ronberry -
Artro Morris John Goronwy Jones -
Dorothea Phillips Sarah Pugh -
Toyah Willcox Bessie Watty - H Huw Richards Idwal
- B Bryn Fôn Robbart
- D Dyfan Roberts Gwyn
- R Robbin John Ivor
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