Based on John Galsworthy's novella
The Apple Tree, this story of failed romance is set in the West Country of England in 1902. While hiking with a chum through picturesque Dartmoor, Wilby, a well-heeled London barrister and sometime poet, injures his ankle. As luck would have it, a
comely, flaxen-haired farm lass (Stubbs) is on hand, and she escorts Wilby to her aunt's farmhouse. He boards there while his ankle heals, and he and Stubbs fall in love. Stubbs's aunt (York) and her loutish son (Flynn), to whom the beauty has been "promised," are mightily upset by this blossoming
relationship. Soon they make it clear to Wilby that he has worn out his welcome. He ...
Released:
1988
Rated:
PG-13
Length:
96 mins