Release Date: 1979-09-22
Overview: Widowed Elinor Randall and her young daughter Jerrine arrive in a barren stretch of Wyoming in 1910 after Elinor's application for work as a housekeeper is accepted by Clyde Stewart, a rancher. The work is back-breaking and the isolation is brutal, particularly as winter arrives. Elinor begins to think about homesteading her own property near Stewart's ranch, but Stewart tries to dissuade her with explanations about the killing conditions and poor rewards, especially for a woman with no man to help her ranch. Although their temperaments are different and little affection exists, Elinor and Stewart agree to marry and combine homesteads. What lies ahead is the severest test of all.
Rating: 6.5 / 10
Rip Torn
as Clyde Stewart
Conchata Ferrell
as Elinore Randall Stewart
Barry Primus
as Jack
Megan Folsom
as Jerrine
Lilia Skala
as Mrs. Landauer
Richard Pearce - Director
Beth Ferris - Screenplay
Charles Gross - Original Music Composer
Fred Murphy - Director of Photography
Beth Ferris - Producer
With decades of experience in this genre behind him, Rip Torn is on good form as the hardened Wyoming rancher all too familiar with the travails of making ends meet in this remote wilderness. Here he ...