Obscure but sweet-natured '70s Western starring a number of familiar faces, top-lined by singer-actress Ronee Blakley, fresh off her Oscar nomination for NASHVILLE (1975). Mission, Texas, 1913: Pioneer wife Willy Westall (Blakley) rushes to the bedside of her dying husband, rancher Pat (Dean Stockwell), while bandits burn the town. Oklahoma City, 1909: Businessman Pat, preparing to go homesteading with his pregnant wife, has one leg crippled in an accident. Webb County, Texas, 1911: Pat, using a crutch, and Willy work the farm together and raise their young daughters (Anna and Jennifer Jones). The family befriends drifter Bill Lester (Scott Glenn), who urges them to ...
Released:
1978
Rated:
n/a
Length:
92 mins