"A lonely farmer takes in a pregnant woman and looks after her. After she gives birth, tragedy strikes."
Robert Duvall
as Jackson Fentry
Olga Bellin
as Sarah Eubanks
Sudie Bond
as Mrs. Hulie
Richard McConnell
as Isham Russell
Peter Masterson
as Lawyer Douglas
William Hawley
as Papa Fentry
James Franks
as Preacher Whitehead
Johnny Mask
as Jackson / Longstreet Fentry - Sarah's child
Effie Green
as Storekeeper
Ken Lindley
as Judge
R.M. Weaver
as Jury Foreman
Jack Simley
as Thorpe Brother
Billy Summerford
Thomas C. Coggin
Joseph Anthony
Director
William Faulkner
Story
Horton Foote
Screenplay
Michael Haley
Assistant Unit Manager
Steven P. Skloot
Production Manager
Alan Hopkins
Assistant Director
Lillian O. MacNeill
Script Supervisor
Paula Roizman
Barbara Tindall
Art Direction
Ed Brennan
Wardrobe Master
William A. Farley
Hairstylist
Frederic C. Weiler
Property Master
Carlos Quiles
Carpenter
George Bouillet
Camera Operator
Jack Brown
Assistant Camera
John J. Connor
David Blumgart
Sound
Joe Slifkin
Boom Operator
Thomas Cestare
Gaffer
Ed Engels Jr.
Grip
Harvey Snow
Assistant Gaffer
Jimmy Battle
Assistant Grip
Dean Olive
Ellen Anthony
Casting
Ruth Dorizzi
Production Secretary
Jess Soraci
Sound Editor
Sound Effects Editor
Dick Vorisek
Sound Engineer
Irwin Stahl
Music
Gilbert Pearlman
Producer
Paul Roebling
Allan Green
Director of Photography
Reva Schlesinger
Editor
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