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Spencer's Mountain

1963, Movie, NR, 121 mins

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Earl Hamner, Jr., wrote a novel set in the Blue Ridge Mountains and the producers thought that the Grand Tetons might be more photogenic so they set the picture in Wyoming, rather than Virginia. Hamner eventually got his wish when his TV series "The Waltons" hewed more closely to what he knew about. The movie was successful, although Fonda purportedly hated every minute of it. Fonda is one of nine children of Crisp, a man who claimed a mountain and left it to his heirs. The ... read more leave a comment
Year: 1963
Rated NR

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Cast
Henry Fonda: Clay Spencer
Maureen O'Hara: Olivia Spencer
James MacArthur: Clayboy Spencer
Donald Crisp: Grandpa Spencer
Wally Cox: Preacher Goodman
Mimsy Farmer: Claris Coleman

 

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