Chad Hanna is a 1940 American drama romance film directed by Henry King, and was adapted from a bestseller of sorts that was published that same year. The novel was written by Walter Dumaux Edmonds (after it had first been published in serial form in the Saturday Evening Post under the title "Red Wheels Rolling"). It stars Henry Fonda, Linda Darnell and Dorothy Lamour.allmovie.com entry
Plot
In the 1840s, Chad Hanna, a New York country boy taking care of workhorses plying the Erie Canal in Canastota, New York, is compelled to join a smalltime travelling circus because of a black slave he's aiding in escaping. He falls in love with its star performer, beautiful bareback rider Albany Yates, but she spurns him. Chad then finds himself attracted to another runaway from his home village, country girl Caroline Tridd.
Although everybody assumes that the boy is slow on the uptake, Chad manages to save the circus from financial ruin. By the end, marred to Caroline and having become a new dad, he's also its new ringmaster.
Cast Henry Fonda as Chad Hanna Dorothy Lamour as Albany Yates Linda Darnell as Caroline Guy Kibbee as Huguenine Jane Darwell as Mrs. Huguenine John Carradine as B.D. Bisbee Ted North as Fred Shepley Roscoe Ates as Ike Wayfish Ben Carter as Bell Boy Frank M. Thomas as Burke (as Frank Thomas) Olin Howland as Cisco Tridd Frank Conlan as Mr. Proudfoot Eddie Conrad as Fiero (as Edward Conrad) Edward McWade as Elias Edward Mundy as Joe Duddy George Davis as Pete Bostock Paul E. Burns as Budlong (as Paul Burns) Sarah Padden as Mrs. Tridd Leonard St. Leo as Mr. Pamplon (as Leonard St. Leo) Elizabeth Abbott as Mrs. Pamplon Tully Marshall as Mr. Mott Almira Sessions as Mrs. Mott Virginia Brissac as Landlady Si Jenks as Farmer Victor Kilian as Potato Man Louis Mason as Constable Charles Middleton as Sheriff
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