The read
A Balasaur Score of 78 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.2/10, Rotten Tomatoes 100%. Critics rate it 28 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 89% of the 1,309 1980s drama movies in this catalog. Streaming on Prime and Tubi.
Synopsis
Widowed Elinor Randall and her young daughter Jerrine arrive in a barren stretch of Wyoming in 1910 after Elinor's application for work as a housekeeper is accepted by Clyde Stewart, a rancher. The work is back-breaking and the isolation is brutal, particularly as winter arrives. Elinor begins to think about homesteading her own property near Stewart's ranch, but Stewart tries to dissuade her with explanations about the killing conditions and poor rewards, especially for a woman with no man to help her ranch. Although their temperaments are different and little affection exists, Elinor and Stewart agree to marry and combine homesteads. What lies ahead is the severest test of all.
Ratings
Critics rate it 28 points higher than audiences do.
21 audience votes
Key crew
- Richard PearceDirector
- Beth FerrisScreenplay
- Charles GrossOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Rip TornClyde Stewart
- Conchata FerrellElinore Randall Stewart
- Barry PrimusJack
- Megan FolsomJerrine
- Lilia SkalaMrs. Landauer
- Amy WrightClara Jane
- Jerry HardinCattlebuyer
- Mary BoylanMa Gillis
- Bob SirucekDan Byrd
- Marvin BergJustice of the Peace
- Doug JohnsonCast
