Overview

A dark tragedy about a farmer's futile act of homicide that takes place on a small dairy farm in southern Texas during the 1890s. Sam Peckinpah directed this original adaptation of the Katherine Anne Porter novel for ABC, and the project became an hour-long presentation for ABC Stage 67, premiering on Nov. 23, 1966.

Top Cast

Jason Robards

Royal Earle Thompson

Olivia de Havilland

Ellie Thompson

Theodore Bikel

Homer T. Hatch

Per Oscarsson

Olaf Helton

Robert Emhardt

Burleigh

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Steve Sanders

Arthur

Ben Johnson

Sheriff Barbee

Peter Robbins

Herbert

L.Q. Jones

Deputy

Jill Andre

Pearl

Joan Tompkins

Meg