"A drifter stranded in Kansas accepts a job offer from a wheat harvester who, in desperation over his cancer and financial woes, attempts suicide but becomes a father-figure to the young man."
Dennis Weaver
as Elroy 'Bud' Burkhardt
Kurt Russell
as Larry Koenig
Mare Winningham
as Marlene Burkhardt
Fran Brill
as Suze Winter
Wilford Brimley
as Pete Alberts
Rossie Harris
as Dougie Burkhardt
Grainger Hines
as Gregg Burkhardt
Penny Fuller
as Fern Jensen
Eloy Casados
as Dwight Willits
Bill Morey
as Ansel Porter
Michael Talbott
as Tork Torkelson
Robert Weaver
as Russ Hahn
Ted Dykstra
as
Jack Goth
Kaye Grieve
Lucetta Jenison
Cathryn Johnston
Les Kimber
Don MacKay
Margaret Martin
Walter Massey
Murray Ord
Ted Stidder
Dale Wilson
John Rubinstein
Conductor
Stanley Kallis
Producer
Music
Billy Ray Smith
Associate Producer
Tom Carlin
Music Editor
Shirley Walker
Philip Mandelker
Executive Producer
Joseph Sargent
Director
Ken Trevey
Writer
Paul Barnes
Production Design
Lawrence Gregor
Set Decoration
Michael Brown
Editor
Donald M. Morgan
Director of Photography