The Valley of Decision
The Book That Thrilled Millions!
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5/3/1945Runtime
119 minsOverview
Mary Rafferty comes from a poor family of steel mill workers in 19th Century Pittsburgh. Her family objects when she goes to work as a maid for the wealthy Scott family which controls the mill. Mary catches the attention of handsome scion Paul Scott, but their romance is complicated by Paul's engagement to someone else and a bitter strike among the mill workers.
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EnglishBudget
$2,160,000Revenue
$9,132,000Homepage
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A carefully composed period romance caught between desire and duty, where an Irish-American maid and a mill owner's son navigate impossible social divisions against the backdrop of industrial conflict. It's watchable melodrama with real stakes, though the resolution is never quite as radical as the story's tensions suggest it might be.
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