Details

Release year: 1951

Storyline

The simply told story, based on Corra Harris' biographical book of a Methodist minister, called to a north-Georgia mountain-community in 1910 who, with his gently-bred new bride, meets the problems and crises of his circuit-riding congregation fearlessly and honestly.

Top credits

Directors

Henry King

Writers

Cast

Susan Hayward — Mary Elizabeth Eden Thompson
William Lundigan — Rev. William Asbury Thompson
Rory Calhoun — Jack Stark
Barbara Bates — Jenny Brock

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Did you know

• When the producers needed a vintage automobile for the film, they scouted in the shooting area and found Otis Mason in Westminster, South Carolina, who had restored a 1912 Overland to running condition that he had recovered from a barn. His vehicle was hired, and as no one else knew how to operate it, he appeared in the movie as the driver, with one line, "Yes, Ma'am."

• Local children from the Cleveland, Georgia area who appeared in the film, hold commemorative reunions.

• Henry Fonda and Jeanne Crain were originally considered for the leading roles.