The Simple Life Of Noah Dearborn

In Twin Pines, Georgia, senior citizen Noah Dearborn (Sidney Poitier) is regarded as a Good Samaritan and local hero. Since the death of his beloved Uncle Silas (Bernie Casey), Noah has lived only for and through his work as a master carpenter, but while Noah's single-minded pursuit of his craft has kept him youthful-looking, it's also resulted in an evident psychological insularity. Although Noah is content to let progress pass him by, land developer Christian Nelson (George Newbern) covets his farmland. Even after his business partner falls under Noah's spell, Christian persuades his lover, Dr. Valerie Crane (Mary Louis Parker), a psychiatrist, to help him have Noa...