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Reverend Holvak, a poor rural preacher in the 1940s, fights against stiff- necked church deacons and a violent, bullying sheriff while struggling to support his family.

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Rev. Holvak
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Elizabeth Holvak
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Ramey Holvak
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Hog Yancy
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Amos Goodloe
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Deacon Hurd
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Abraham Morrison
Cari Anne Warder ...
Julie Mae Holvak
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Jim Friedlin
Leslie Thorsen ...
Tincey Bell
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Emmet Posten
Furman Walters ...
Willis Graham
Elsie Travis ...
Mrs. Goodloe
Don Devendorf ...
Bert
Tom Hilliard ...
Harold Biglow
Lewell Akins ...
Hap
Doris Pearce ...
Mrs. Pradley
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Narrator (uncredited)
Albert Smith ...
Eli Wiggins (uncredited)

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Boris Sagal

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Jack Farris ... (novel "Ramey")
 
Abby Mann ... () (as Ben Goodman)

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John Choy ... associate producer
Dean Hargrove ... producer

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Dick DeBenedictis

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Stevan Larner

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Howard Epstein
Douglas Stewart

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Frank T. Smith

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Jack Terry ... unit production manager

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Alan Crosland Jr. ... assistant director (as Alan Crosland)
Dodie Fawley ... second assistant director
Skip Surguine ... dga trainee

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Roger Sword ... sound editor

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Jesse Wayne ... stunt double: Lance Kerwin

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Bill Dyer ... composer: song "Look How Far We've Come"

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Also Known As
  • Les jeunes années (France)
  • Najcenniejszy dar (Poland)
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  • 100 min
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Movie Connections Followed by The Family Holvak (1975). See more »
Quotes Rev. Holvak: Look, Ramey, what you have to realize is, not everything you do is apt to send you right down to hell.
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