Valley Forge (film)
# Valley Forge (film)

Valley Forge is a 1975 videotaped adaptation of the 1934 Broadway play by Maxwell Anderson. Directed and produced by Fielder Cook. Originally broadcast as part of the Hallmark Hall of Fame series of specials.

## Plot

The film concerns the American Revolutionary War encampment at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania and a planned escape by the men desperate to leave behind the terrible conditions of the winter.

## Cast

* Richard Basehart as General George Washington
* Harry Andrews as General William Howe
* Simon Ward as Major John André
* Victor Garber as General Lafayette
* Christopher Walken as The Hessian
* Edward Herrmann as Congressman Folsom
* Nancy Marchand as Annie
* John Heard as Mr. Harvie
* Woodrow Parfrey as Minto
* Lane Smith as Spad
* Josef Sommer as Brig. Gen. 'Dusty' Varnum

## Production

### Writing

To condense the plot, the seventy-five-minute production entirely omits the play's principal female character, Mary Philipse.

### Filming

Shot partly on location in Canada.

