Brigham Young
1940Based on the story of the famous Mormon leader, it follows Brigham Young and his challenge to transport his people across the Rocky mountains to settle in Salt Lake City. The plot focuses on two fictitious characters, Jonathan Kent and Zina Webb and the hardships they have to face along the way.
Acted in
Tyrone Power
as Jonathan Kent
Linda Darnell
as Zina Webb - The Outsider
Dean Jagger
as Brigham Young
Brian Donlevy
as Angus Duncan
Jane Darwell
as Eliza Kent
John Carradine
as Porter Rockwell
Mary Astor
as Mary Ann Young
Vincent Price
as Joseph Smith
Jean Rogers
as Clara Young
Ann E. Todd
as Mary Kent
Willard Robertson
as Heber Kimball
Moroni Olsen
as Doc Richards
Marc Lawrence
as Prosecutor
Stanley Andrews
as Hyrum Smith
Frank M. Thomas
as Hubert Crum
Fuzzy Knight
as Pete
Dickie Jones
as Henry Kent
Selmer Jackson
as Caleb Kent
Frederick Burton
as Mr. Webb
Arthur Aylesworth
as Jim Bridger
Chief John Big Tree
as Big Elk
Davison Clark
as Johnson
Claire Du Brey
as Emma Smith
Tully Marshall
as Judge
Dick Rich
as 1st Mob Leader
Edwin Maxwell
as 2nd Mob Leader
Ralph Dunn
as Jury Foreman
Edmund MacDonald
as Elder
George Melford
as John Taylor
Russell Simpson
as U.S. Army Major
Paul E. Burns
as Man with California Gold News
Cliff Clark
as Dissenter
Edmund Elton
as Undetermined Role
Jody Gilbert
as Stout Woman Who Can't Swim
William Haade
as Skeptic
Herbert Heywood
as Jokester at Chronicle Notice
Cammilla Johnson
as Little Girl
Cullen Johnson
as Boy in Covered Wagon
Payne B. Johnson
as Boy in Covered Wagon
David Kirkland
as Elder
Bob Kortman
as Agitator
Paul Kruger
as Raider
Ann Kunde
as Mormon
Frank LaRue
as Sheriff
Charles Frederick Lindsley
as Trailer Narrator (voice)
Tom London
as Raider
Murdock MacQuarrie
as Undetermined Role
Louis Mason
as Man Laughing at Joke
Charles Middleton
as Mob Member
Frank Mills
as Man in Newspaper Office / Agitator
Philip Morris
as Mob Member
Imboden Parrish
as Minor Role
Ruth Robinson
as Discouraged Mormon
John Roy
as Minor Role
Frank Shannon
as Second Man with California Gold News
Lee Shumway
as Mob Member
Harry Tyler
as Undetermined Role
Eddy Waller
as an with California Gold News
Cecil Weston
as Minor Role
Blackie Whiteford
as Court Spectator
Hank Worden
as Mormon Cheering Porter