[2] The Foxes of Harrow is a 1947 American-British adventure film directed by John M. Stahl.

The film stars Rex Harrison, Maureen O'Hara, and Richard Haydn.

[4] The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Production Design (Lyle R. Wheeler, Maurice Ransford, Thomas Little, Paul S.

[5] In pre-Civil War New Orleans, roguish Irish gambler Stephen Fox buys his way into society – something he could not do in his homeland because he is illegitimate.

A December 1947 Ebony article called the figure "the biggest bonanza ever pocketed by a colored writer" and stated that the book was "the first Negro-authored novel ever bought by a Hollywood studio.