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6.4/10   133 votes
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Writer:
Suzanne Clauser (writer)
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Release Date:
3 March 1981 (USA) more
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Plot:
Jesse Hallam, an illiterate coal miner from Kentucky, moves to Cincinnati so that his daughter may receive spinal surgery... more | add synopsis
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good movie! more (6 total)

Cast

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Johnny Cash ... Jesse Hallam
Brenda Vaccaro ... Marion Galucci

Ben Marley ... Ted Hallam
Chrystal Smith ... Jenny Hallam

Eli Wallach ... Sal Galucci

Guy Boyd ... Policeman
William Speed ... Guard

Earl Poole Ball ... Uncle Charley
Linda Bennett ... Receptionist
Viola Borden ... Mrs. Kleeman
Michael Burnham ... Tully
Tara Cash ... Student
Malinda Comer ... Clerk
Ray Comer ... Trucker
William Dickerson ... Schofield
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Runtime:
USA:97 min
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Fun Stuff

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1st Student: [seeing Jesse and Ms. Gollucci walking together] Old Gollucci Magucci's got a boyfriend!
Sarah June: Poor guy must be desperate!
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Soundtrack:
Sweet Kentucky more

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8 out of 10 people found the following comment useful.
good movie!, 24 February 2006
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Author: afrienducouldlove from United States

I was 22 when this movie came out. I really enjoyed it. This was the first movie that I really ever saw Johnny Cash act in. He was truly as gifted as an actor as he was a singer. He did a good job portraying people from the area he is supposed to be from. I'm from Kentucky and on a side note, contrary to popular belief, not everybody from Kentucky is illiterate. Also, while there are plenty of coal mines in western Kentucky, there are way more in the Eastern part of the state and probably a lot more illiteracy problems too. Not sure why the writers of the movie chose for Jesse Hallam to be western Kentucky instead of eastern.

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