Kings Row is a 1942
drama film, directed by
Sam Wood, that tells a story of young people growing up in a small American town at the turn of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, beset by social pressure, dark secrets, and the challenges and tragedies one must face as a result of these hard facts.
The film, which was
Ronald Reagan's most notable role during his early acting career at
Warner Brothers, was adapted by
Casey Robinson from a best-selling 1940 novel of the same name by
Henry Bellamann. It also starred
Ann Sheridan,
Robert Cummings,
Betty Field,
Charles Coburn, and
Claude Rains. The musical score was composed by
Erich Wolfgang Korngold, and the cinematographer was
James Wong Howe.
