The read
Audiences rate it 42 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
Wayland Jackson, a widower with a young daughter, moves to a small, impoverished mountain village in North Carolina, circa 1934. They are taken in by Collie Wright, a single mother with an illegitimate baby, and she and Wayland soon fall in love. Trouble starts when the identity of her baby's father is revealed.
Ratings
IMDb6.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes20%
Audiences rate it 42 points higher than critics do.
36 audience votes
Key crew
- Ted KotcheffDirector
- Carol SobieskiScreenplay
- John ScottOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Kurt RussellWayland Jackson
- Kelly McGillisCollie Wright
- Lloyd BridgesWilliam Wright
- Mitchell RyanDrury Campbell
- Jeffrey MeekCole Campbell
- Don Michael PaulYoung Wright
- Lanny FlahertyGudger Wright
- Eileen RyanAnnie Wright
- David DwyerMilton Wright
- Gary BullockMr. McGregor
Stills
Themes
small townmountainnorth carolinawidower1930s