About this release
Frank Yerby's Foxes of Harrow was one of those long historical novels so popular in the 1940s. 20th Century-Fox boiled the novel down into 118 minutes' worth of essentials for this film version. In antebellum New Orleans, roguish Irish gambler Rex Harrison buys his way into society--something he couldn't do in his homeland because he is illegitimate. Sequestering himself in a mansion won in a card game, Harrison courts Southern belle Maureen O'Hara, but their subsequent marriage is befouled by Rex's incessant womanizing. Though tempted to walk out for good, O'Hara stays by her husband's side after he loses his fortune, hoping that the impoverished Harrison will now behave more responsibly.
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Disc 1
DVD
The Foxes of Harrow (1947)
117 min
DramaRomance
An Irish rascal and inveterate gambler uses his considerable skills at the gaming tables of New Orleans to become fabulously rich.
Credits
Director
John M. Stahl
Writer
Wanda Tuchock
Cast
Rex Harrisonas Stephen Fox
Maureen O'Haraas Odalie D'Arceneaux
Richard Haydnas Andre LeBlanc
Victor McLaglenas Mike Farrell
Patricia Medinaas Desiree
Vanessa Brownas Aurore D'Arceneaux
Gene Lockhartas Viscount Henri D'Arceneaux
Hugo Haasas Otto Ludenbach
Roy Robertsas Tom Warren
Dorothy Adamsas Mrs. Sara Fox (uncredited)
Cinematographer
Joseph LaShelle
Composer
David Buttolph
Editor
James B. Clark
Producer
William A. Bacher
Release Details
- Packaging
- Keep Case
Images
Catalogue Info
- Added by
- Matthew Simpson
- Date added
- July 2, 2026