director:
Sam Peckinpah
playwright:
Katherine Anne Porter
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Sam Peckinpah
actor:
Jason Robards
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Olivia de Havilland
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Theodore Bikel
/
Per Oscarsson
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Robert Emhardt
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genre:
Western
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TV Movie
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Drama
language:
English
length: 51m
release date: 1966-11-23
IMDb: tt0209186
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.