Pride and Prejudice

Mrs. Bennet wishes to wed her five unmarried daughters and is overjoyed when a wealthy bachelor begins living nearby, but misunderstandings make happiness difficult.

Cast

Greer Garson

as Elizabeth Bennet

Laurence Olivier

as Mr. Darcy

Mary Boland

as Mrs. Bennet

Edna May Oliver

as Lady Catherine de Bourgh

Maureen O'Sullivan

as Jane Bennet

Ann Rutherford

as Lydia Bennet

Frieda Inescort

as Miss Caroline Bingley

Edmund Gwenn

as Mr. Bennet

Karen Morley

as Mrs. Collins

Heather Angel

as Kitty Bennet

Reviews

CinemaSerf

Though doubtless the emphasis of this film must be on the two leading stars, I found that an huge degree of the richness of this Jane Austen story came from the wonderfully characterful supporting cast: Mary Boland as the mother, constantly and brazenly seeking advantageous marriages for the "Bennet...

Filipe Manuel Neto

**A first adaptation of Jane Austen's greatest work, which is riddled with problems, but is competent, pragmatic and very elegant. Thought of as a comedy, it was thought of the wrong way.** At this point, I believe that even those who have never read a Jane Austen novel will surely agree that the...

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