Valley Forge is a 1975 videotaped adaptation of the 1934 Broadway play by Maxwell Anderson. Directed and produced by Fielder Cook. Originally broadcast as part of the Hallmark Hall of Fame series of specials.
Plot
The film concerns the American Revolutionary War encampment at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania and a planned escape by the men desperate to leave behind the terrible conditions of the winter.
Cast
Richard Basehart as General George Washington
Harry Andrews as General William Howe
Simon Ward as Major John André
Victor Garber as General Lafayette
Christopher Walken as The Hessian
Edward Herrmann as Congressman Folsom
Nancy Marchand as Annie
John Heard as Mr. Harvie
Woodrow Parfrey as Minto
Lane Smith as Spad
Josef Sommer as Brig. Gen. 'Dusty' Varnum
Production
Writing
To condense the plot, the seventy-five-minute production entirely omits the play's principal female character, Mary Philipse.
Filming
Shot partly on location in Canada.