A dark tragedy about a farmer's futile act of homicide that takes place on a small dairy farm in southern Texas during the 1890s. Sam Peckinpah directed this original adaptation of the Katherine Anne Porter novel for ABC, and the project became an hour-long presentation for ABC Stage 67, premiering on Nov. 23, 1966.
Sam Peckinpah
Director

Jason Robards
Royal Earle Thompson

Olivia de Havilland
Ellie Thompson

Theodore Bikel
Homer T. Hatch

Per Oscarsson
Olaf Helton

Robert Emhardt
Burleigh
Steve Sanders
Arthur

Ben Johnson
Sheriff Barbee

Peter Robbins
Herbert

L.Q. Jones
Deputy
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