Rotten Tomatoes
Submit search Movies Tv shows RT App News Showtimes

The Corn Is Green

Play trailer Poster for The Corn Is Green 1945 1h 54m Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist Tomatometer Popcornmeter
Tomatometer 3 Reviews 77% Popcornmeter 1,000+ Ratings
Determined to educate the town's illiterate children, spinster schoolteacher L.C. Moffat (Bette Davis) opens a school in the tiny Welsh coal-mining community of Glansarno. Battling the contrary local squire (Nigel Bruce), Miss Moffat becomes increasingly discouraged until she sees extraordinary potential in one of her older students, Morgan Evans (John Dall). When Morgan fathers a child out of wedlock, the teacher fears her pupil's chance at an Oxford education may be destroyed.

Where to Watch

The Corn Is Green

Critics Reviews

View More
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com 01/05/2012
B-
Irving Rapper's screen version of Emlyn Williams semi-autobiographical play is well acted by Bette Davis as the spinster-teacher, but is too theatrical, sentimental and conventional. Go to Full Review Carol Cling Las Vegas Review-Journal 02/13/2004
4/5
Christopher Null Filmcritic.com 03/07/2001
2.5/5
Read all reviews

Audience Reviews

View More
guyrestivo T @guy1234 09/19/2024 my favorite Bette Davis movie..this movie is a 10 and not to be missed..I have a special fondness for Nigel Bruce from his Mr Watson days..this is a very powerful and inspiring movie..one of my favorites of all-time See more steve d @RT35616104 07/22/2020 Sweet and well acted. See more 02/09/2017 Bette Davis=Great Performance. One of her best. John Dall=Brilliant Performance. Nigel Bruce=Typical character role for Bruce. Wonderful story! Chorus singing is inspirational! Fast paced. Good direction & overall production above par! God bless progressives. See more s r @ScottR 02/08/2017 Feel good story about an educated woman going to wales. She then educates miners despite the class barrier. See more 02/22/2014 Charming movie with an always outstanding performance by Bette Davis See more 07/10/2013 Started out not liking Davis as a terribly correct English school mistress but the story develops into something really worth watching. See more Read all reviews
The Corn Is Green

My Rating

Read More Read Less WRITE A REVIEW EDIT REVIEW POST RATING

Cast & Crew

View All

Irving Rapper

Director

Bette Davis

Miss Lilly Moffat

John Dall

Morgan Evans

Nigel Bruce

The Squire

Joan Lorring

Bessie Watty

Rhys Williams

Mr. Jones
View All

The Corn Is Green

The Corn Is Green (1945) The Corn Is Green (1945) The Corn Is Green (1945) View more photos

Movie Info

Synopsis Determined to educate the town's illiterate children, spinster schoolteacher L.C. Moffat (Bette Davis) opens a school in the tiny Welsh coal-mining community of Glansarno. Battling the contrary local squire (Nigel Bruce), Miss Moffat becomes increasingly discouraged until she sees extraordinary potential in one of her older students, Morgan Evans (John Dall). When Morgan fathers a child out of wedlock, the teacher fears her pupil's chance at an Oxford education may be destroyed.
Director
Irving Rapper
Distributor
Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Co
Warner Brothers/Seven Arts
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jul 14, 1945, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Dec 26, 2015
Runtime
1h 54m
Join The Newsletter Join The Newsletter Cookie Settings