While channel surfing tonight - I ran across this film at 1:15 AM on Trinity Broadcasting Network - I had missed the first 15 minutes - but I recognized it immediately.
Let me go back 30 years.
I first saw this film for the first time on a Saturday afternoon about 30 years ago when I was 10 years old. I remember it vividly. It left such an impression on me. And the movie contains one of the most powerful and beautiful songs at the end. I can't begin to say how many times over the past thirty years I have thought about this movie and this song - never remembering the name. It wasn't listed on IMDb until a few years ago - and then I finally found out the name - because I knew that Glenn Ford played the lead. And then for the past several years, I have been trying to find out when it would be aired or released on DVD. I learned that Trinty Broadcasting Network owned the broadcast rights - and I have been trying to get through to someone with TBN for the past two years.
Well - back to the beginning - I ran across the commercial-free broadcast early this morning - and both the movie and the song were as good as I recall. I hope it is released on DVD one day. It is a hidden gem and I hope a new generation can see it.
