Song of Surrender

{{Short description|1949 film by Mitchell Leisen}} {{About|the film|the U2 album|Songs of Surrender{{!}}''Songs of Surrender''}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2026}} {{Infobox film | name = Song of Surrender | image = File:Song of Surrender.jpg | caption = | director = Mitchell Leisen | writer = {{ubl|Ruth McKenney|Richard Bransten|Richard Maibaum}} | producer = Richard Maibaum | narrator = | starring = Wanda Hendrix <br>Claude Rains <br> Macdonald Carey | music = Victor Young | cinematography = Daniel L. Fapp | editing = Alma Macrorie | studio = Paramount Pictures | distributor = Paramount Pictures | released = {{Film date|1949|10|28}} | runtime = 93 minutes | country = United States | language = English | budget = | gross = }} '''''Song of Surrender''''' is a 1949 American period drama film directed by Mitchell Leisen and starring Wanda Hendrix, Claude Rains and Macdonald Carey.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/song-of-surrender-v111043|title = Song of Surrender (1949) - Mitchell Leisen | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie}}</ref> It was produced and distributed by Paramount Pictures.

==Plot== Connecticut, 1906. Farmer's daughter Abigail marries the much older Elisha Hunt, the curator of the local museum. Finding that they have little in common, she is drawn to the wealthy Bruce Eldridge.

==Cast== *Wanda Hendrix as Abigail Hunt *Claude Rains as Elisha Hunt *Macdonald Carey as Bruce Eldridge *Andrea King as Phyllis Cantwell *Henry Hull as Deacon Perry *Gordon Richards as Clayton * Elizabeth Patterson as Mrs. Beecham * Art Smith as Mr. Willis * John Beal as Dubois *Eva Gabor as Countess Marina * Dan Tobin as Clyde Atherton *Nicholas Joy as General Seckle * Peter Miles as Simon Beecham *Ray Walker as Auctioneer * Gigi Perreau as Faith Beecham * Ray Bennett as Mr. Beecham * Clancy Cooper as Mr. Torrance * Georgia Backus as Mrs. Parry * Mary Young as Miss Rivercomb * Houseley Stevenson as Mr. Abernathy

==References== {{reflist}}

==Bibliography== * Skal, David J. & Rains, Jessica. ''Claude Rains: An Actor's Voice''. University Press of Kentucky, 2008.

==External links== *{{IMDb title|0041899}} *{{TCMDb title}}

Category:1949 films Category:American black-and-white films Category:Films scored by Victor Young Category:Films directed by Mitchell Leisen Category:Paramount Pictures films Category:Films set in New England Category:Films set in the 1900s Category:American historical drama films Category:1940s historical drama films Category:1949 drama films Category:1949 English-language films Category:1949 American films Category:English-language historical drama films