The Vanishing Virginian(1942)
Heart-throbs, laughs, thrills in an American masterpiece!
The perineal District Attorney and conservative southern patriarch cherishes the old ways and does his best to adjust to change.
Movie: The Vanishing Virginian
Top 10 Billed Cast
Robert Yancey
Rebecca Yancey
Rosa Yancey
James Weldon 'Shirley (as Douglass Newland)
Jack Holden
Grandma
Caroline Yancey
Joel Yancey
Robert Yancey, Jr.
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