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Mary Follet, a wife and mother in 1915 Tennessee, copes with the loss of her husband and the necessity of raising their children alone.

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Mary Follet
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Jay Follett
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Ralph Follet
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Aunt Hannah
Thomas Chalmers ...
Joel
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Andrew
Helen Carew ...
Mary's Mother
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Sally
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Walter Starr
Mary Perry ...
Great-Aunt Sadie
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Jessie
Lylah Tiffany ...
Great-Great-Grandmaw
Edwin Wolfe ...
John Henry - Jay's Father
Michael Kearney ...
Rufus Follet
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ferdi B. Hoffman ...
Father Jackson (uncredited)
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Directed by

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Alex Segal

Written by

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Tad Mosel ... (based upon the play by)
 
James Agee ... (novel "A Death in the Family")
 
Philip H. Reisman Jr. ... (screenplay) (as Philip Reisman Jr.)

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Jack Grossberg ... associate producer (uncredited)
David Susskind ... producer

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Bernard Green ... (music composed by)

Cinematography by

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Boris Kaufman ... director of photography

Editing by

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Lora Hays

Editorial Department

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Carl Lerner ... supervising film editor
Lucy Sagsay ... assistant editor

Casting By

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Alan Shayne
Michael Shurtleff

Production Design by

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Richard Sylbert

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Sal Anthony ... wardrobe designer

Makeup Department

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Dick Smith ... makeup

Production Management

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Joel Glickman ... production manager

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Michael Hertzberg ... assistant director
Larry Sturhahn ... assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department

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Albert Brenner ... assistant art director
Herbert F. Mulligan ... set dresser (as Herb Mulligan)
Sam Robert ... set dresser

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Jack Fitzstephens ... sound effects editor
Jim Shields ... sound (as James Shields)
Dick Vorisek ... rerecordist (as Richard Vorosek)

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Larry Barr ... chief grip
Mel Brown ... gaffer
Saul Midwall ... camera operator
Josh Weiner ... still photographer
Vinnie Gerardo ... assistant camera (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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George Newman ... wardrobe supervisor
Flo Transfield ... wardrobe supervisor

Music Department

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Bernard Green ... conductor
R.A. Israel ... music producer

Script and Continuity Department

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Marguerite James ... script supervisor

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Arthur Cantor ... produced on the stage by
Fred Coe ... produced on the stage by
Madeleine Coubro ... production secretary
Martin Danzig ... production assistant
Ronald Gilbert ... controller
Audrey Maas ... assistant to producer
Florence Nerlinger ... production secretary
Alan Shayne ... dialogue coach
Crew believed to be complete

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Plot Summary

In early-1900s Tennessee, a loving family undergoes the shock of the father's sudden accidental death. The widow and her young son must endure the heartache of life following the tragedy, but slowly they rise up from the ashes to face the hope of renewed life. Written by Martin H. Booda

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Taglines Here is a Motion Picture You May Not Dare To See And That You Do Not Dare To Miss. It has been magnificently made from James Agee's almost unbearably beautiful Pulitzer Prize novel and from the Pulitzer Prize play made from that novel. It is the story of the Jay Follet family. It is a story of all the kinds of love there are... the love between father and son, mother and child, male and female...the love of any human being for the place he grew up in and for the people he grew up to...It is a motion picture that will follow you home and stay with you all the rest of your days. See more »
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Also Known As
  • A Volta para o Adeus (Brazil)
  • Espelho de Uma Vida (Portugal)
  • Tam, gdzie dom (Poland)
  • Espejo de la vida (Mexico)
  • Ein Schmetterling flog auf (West Germany)
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  • 97 min
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Trivia According to a 1986 Knoxville Journal article, Robert Preston was one of the few people involved in the production who knew how to drive the borrowed 1915 Model-T used in the film, and he wanted it to be used accurately. In one scene the director wanted to have the Model-T parked with the headlights on, but without the motor running. Those vehicles were not equipped with batteries, though, and electricity for lights was supplied by the running motor. The director wanted to have a battery hooked up to the car, but Preston refused, saying that Model-T buffs would notice the inaccuracy if the lamps were lit without the motor running. See more »
Goofs When Rufus runs out of the house towards the train, in one wide shot a busy road with modern vehicles is visible in the background. See more »
Movie Connections Referenced in The Story of the Swimmer (2014). See more »
Soundtracks All the Way Home See more »
Quotes Rufus Follet: Rufus is a NIGGER name...
Jay Follett: Rufus is a powerful name... don't ever talk that way, that word is used to hurt colored people...
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