Movie: Uncle Vanya

Top 9 Billed Cast

Franchot Tone
Franchot Tone

Dr. Mikhail Lvovich Astroff

Clarence Derwent
Clarence Derwent

Serebriakoff

Dolores Dorn
Dolores Dorn

Elena Andreevna

Shirley Gale
Shirley Gale

Voinitskaya

Gerald Hiken
Gerald Hiken

Telegin

Peggy McCay
Peggy McCay

Sofia

Mary Perry
Mary Perry

Marina

Sanford Seeger
Sanford Seeger

A Workman

George Voskovec
Jiří Voskovec

Voinitsky (Uncle Vanya)

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    A country doctor (Franchot Tone) loves but cannot have a professor's wife (Clarence Derwent) in Chekhov's play set in czarist Russia.

  • Release Date

    1957-12-13

  • Average

    7

  • Rating:

    3.5 starts
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  • Languages:

    English
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