Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Kurt Russell | ... | Wayland Jackson | |
Kelly McGillis | ... | Collie Wright | |
Lloyd Bridges | ... | William Wright | |
Mitchell Ryan | ... | Drury Campbell | |
Jeffrey Meek | ... | Cole Campbell | |
Don Michael Paul | ... | Young Wright | |
Lanny Flaherty | ... | Gudger Wright | |
Eileen Ryan | ... | Annie Wright | |
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Amelia Burnette | ... | Paula Jackson |
David Dwyer | ... | Milton Wright | |
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Bill Gribble | ... | Skeet Campbell |
Wallace Merck | ... | Harmon Campbell | |
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Walker Averitt | ... | Margaret Campbell |
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Dashiell Coleman | ... | Jonathan Wright |
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Barbara Freeman | ... | Mavis McGregor |
A young widower moves with his daughter into a North Carolina mountain town in 1934. He quickly takes up with a young woman with an illegitimate baby. First he must prove himself to her father and her three brothers. He does so first by joining them on a bear hunt and then by designing a clock tower for the small community. Trouble comes when it is revealed that the baby's father is the demented son of a mean clan across the river and they mean to take the child back. Written by John Sacksteder <jsackste@bellsouth.net>
I live here where they filmed the movie and I thought it was wonderful, the story was a wonderful setting for a romance and I thought the way they met and grew to love one another was outstanding. Even though the murder took place it showed what all they were willing to sacrifice for love. The way the family takes him in as a part of them at the beginning except for one brother and the way he begins to trust him is even as touching. The bear hut I thought was true to life as everyone here has mostly been and the producers and directors kept it true to life. We had a couple of our own hometown folks in the movie, the older men on the porch of the store, added more depth and made us proud. I guess in some ways we are portrayed as "bumpkins" still but I guess in a lot of ways we are and it shows how we live here... or families are all close and loving, never turn our back on our loved ones and I like how the movie shows us.