Troy Donahue (in his first starring role) plays Parrish McLean. The plot is VERY confused with too many subplots to get into but here's the main one--Ellen Parrish's widowed mother (Claudette Colbert in her final big screen appearance) marries nasty tobacco famer Judd Raike (Karl Malden) who wants to run all the other tobacco farms out of business. Parrish fights back.
It's too long at 138 minutes and way too plot heavy. A lot of subplots are bought up and dropped completely. The acting is mostly terrible--Donahue is wooden and Malden screams his whole role. Colbert (who came out of retirement for this) tries but the poor woman has nothing to work with. Connie Stevens, Diane McBain and Sharon Hugueny are good in supporting roles but not enough to save the movie. Dull and forgettable. Beware commercial TV prints which cut the movie by about 40 minutes to fit into a two hour time slot.
It's too long at 138 minutes and way too plot heavy. A lot of subplots are bought up and dropped completely. The acting is mostly terrible--Donahue is wooden and Malden screams his whole role. Colbert (who came out of retirement for this) tries but the poor woman has nothing to work with. Connie Stevens, Diane McBain and Sharon Hugueny are good in supporting roles but not enough to save the movie. Dull and forgettable. Beware commercial TV prints which cut the movie by about 40 minutes to fit into a two hour time slot.