The Green Promise(1949) A stubborn old farmer (Walter Brennan) won't listen to any of his neighbors about how to improve the efficiency of his farm with modern methods, as he thinks "the old ways" were just fine. Marguerite Chapman, Walter Brennan, Robert Paige, Natalie Wood, Ted Donaldson, Connie Marshall, Robert Ellis, Irving Bacon, Milburn Stone, Jeanne LaDuke, Director: William D. Russell.