Terrence Malick's second film is a lyrical visual poem about life in America at the turn of the century. When a Chicago steel-mill worker is fired after a fight with his supervisor, he hops aboard a train for the Great Plains with his girlfriend and his younger sister. The trio join itinerant workers following the farming season and find a place with a quiet, lonely landowner. As the year passes and the harvest nears, a fateful love triangle develops, with fiery consequences.
Directed by
Terrence Malick
Written by
Terrence Malick
Starring
Richard Gere (Bill); Brooke Adams (Abby); Sam Shepard (The Farmer); Linda Manz (Linda); Robert J. Wilke (The Farm Foreman (as Robert Wilke)); Jackie Shultis (Linda's Friend); Stuart Margolin (Mill Foreman); Timothy Scott (Harvest Hand (as Tim Scott)); Gene Bell (Dancer); Doug Kershaw (Fiddler); Richard Libertini (Vaudeville Leader); Frenchie Lemond (Vaudeville Wrestler); Sahbra Markus (Vaudeville Dancer); Bob Wilson (Accountant); Muriel Jolliffe (Headmistress). Please contact SFC to add other cast members and characters.
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