Top billed cast

1. 

   Jonathan Furr

   Willie Grier

2. 

   Ben Allison

   Pete Grier

3. 

   Ron Perlman

   Colonel McKellog

4. 

   David Andrews

   Lieutenant Hogenbeck

5. 

   Mike Pniewski

   Sheriff Foote

6. 

   Deacon Dawson

   Mr. Grossnickel

7. 

   Joanne Pankow

   Mrs. Habersham

8. 

   Danny Vinson

   Pap Grier

9. 

   Suellen Yates

   Maw Grier

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2026-01-17

Visually, this reminded me a little of “Field of Dreams” (1989) meets “The Waltons” with lots of soft-focus photography and a score from Alan Silvestri that I doubt even he can recall. It’s about a tightly-knit and poor American farming family who find that elder son “Pete” (Ben Allison) wants to volunteer to sign-up following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Despite reservations from his dad, off he sets to Memphis on the bus leaving his collection of bird's eggs in the care of his younger brother “Willie” (Jonathan Furr). Now this young lad dotes a bit on his sibling an...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• brother
• world war ii
• devotion
• based on short story