A young woman is assigned to teach school in a secluded valley whose inhabitants appear stern, secretive and anti-pleasure. Following two children who disappear to play in the woods, she ...
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| Kim Darby | ... | Melodye Amerson | |
| William Shatner | ... | Dr. Curtis | |
| Diane Varsi | ... | Valancy Carmody | |
| Dan O'Herlihy | ... | Sol Diemus | |
| Laurie Walters | ... | Karen Diemus | |
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Johanna Baer | ... | Bethie |
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Chris Valentine | ... | Clement Francher |
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Stephanie Valentine | ... | Talitha |
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Jack Dahlgren | ... | Kiah |
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Andrew Crichton | ... | Thann |
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David Petch | ... | Matt |
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Dorothy Drady | ... | Dita |
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Mary Rose McMaster | ... | Maras |
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Anne Walters | ... | Obla |
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Tony Dario | ... | Bram |
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A young woman is assigned to teach school in a secluded valley whose inhabitants appear stern, secretive and anti-pleasure. Following two children who disappear to play in the woods, she finds that this is actually a community of extraterrestrials with mild paranormal powers who are attempting to repress and deny their heritage for fear of arousing prejudice and hatred in their human neighbors. Written by Molly Malloy <mailcall@ansel.intersource.com>
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These gentle people from another world possess the gift of peace and love. On earth, they can share it only with their natural enemy...mankind.Parents Guide:
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Country:
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EnglishRelease Date:
22 January 1972 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Aquele Povo See more »Company Credits
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Zenna Henderson's "The People" short stories were published in a variety of anthologies, and were only collated through the efforts of the New England Science Fiction Association who obtained the rights and published them as "Ingathering: The complete People stories" in 1995. See more »Goofs
The children all have the same style art work because one artist did all the drawings. See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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I saw "The People" on TV when it first came out, 1) to see if it really was based on my favorite Zenna Henderson stories, and 2) because William Shatner played Dr. Curtis. As another reviewer has said, Shatner wasn't his usual hammy self, and did well by the character. Kim Darby would not have been my choice for Melodye, but wasn't bad. I was pleasantly surprised here to see that Francis Ford Coppola was in charge of the project, which is most likely why it turned out well.
I don't think that any TV movie could really cover the depth and reach of Ms. Henderson's "People" stories due to time limits. And the reason a lot of viewers think the movie was silly is because they haven't read the stories and don't have the background those of us who have read them do. Still, Mr. Coppola did a good job, and the cast portrayed Ms. Henderson's "People" fairly well. I think I will have to get a copy of "The People" and relive a bit of my youth.