Home from the Hill (film)
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Home from the Hill is a 1960 film
directed by Vincente Minnelli
and starring Robert Mitchum
, Eleanor Parker
, George Peppard
, George Hamilton
, Everett Sloane
, and Luana Patten
.
The script was adapted from the novel, Home from the Hill, by author, William Humphrey
. The film was entered into the 1960 Cannes Film Festival
.
town, is married to Hannah. Wade had two children approximately the same age: Theron, Wade's son with Hannah, and Rafe Copeley, his illegitimate son. Wade is a notorious womanizer, and as the story opens he is conducting an extramarital affair, which has turned his wife Hannah against him. She has brought up their son Theron to be dependent upon her; but as he reaches adulthood, Hunnicutt insists on taking over his upbringing, initiating him in hunting and other masculine pursuits, under the watchful eye of Rafe, Hunnicutt's loyal employee. But Theron's new lifestyle leads him into a love affair with a local girl named Libby Halstead, and thence to learning things about his parents that were previously hidden from him. Theron is disturbed by his parents' dysfunctional relationship, and is thus not anxious to marry Libby, his true love. The vicious cycle threatens to continue when Libby gives birth to Theron's out-of-wedlock son, but Rafe turns Libby into an "honest woman" by acting as father to the child. Libby's father, Albert Halstead who is a well-respected shopkeeper, fearing that his daughter has been impregnated by Captain Hunnicutt, sets out to right the wrong and murders the Captain. Theron seeks justice and tracks down his father's killer in the Sulfur River bottom in Northeast Texas. When Rafe catches up with Theron, Theron is deciding to leave and go out on his own. Hannah surprises Rafe by acknowledging him as Wade's son and having Wade's tombstone reflect the fact. Rafe requests Hannah to visit the infant Albert, Theron's biological son.
1960 in film
The year 1960 in film involved some significant events, with Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho the top-grossing release in the U.S.-Events:* April 20 - for the first time since coming home from military service in Germany, Elvis Presley returns to Hollywood, California to film G.I...
directed by Vincente Minnelli
Vincente Minnelli
Vincente Minnelli was an American stage director and film director, famous for directing such classic movie musicals as Meet Me in St. Louis, The Band Wagon, and An American in Paris. In addition to having directed some of the most famous and well-remembered musicals of his time, Minnelli made...
and starring Robert Mitchum
Robert Mitchum
Robert Charles Durman Mitchum was an American film actor, author, composer and singer and is #23 on the American Film Institute's list of the greatest male American screen legends of all time...
, Eleanor Parker
Eleanor Parker
Eleanor Jean Parker is an American screen actress. Her versatility led to her being dubbed Woman of a Thousand Faces, the title of her biography by Doug McClelland.- Early life :...
, George Peppard
George Peppard
George Peppard, Jr. was an American film and television actor.Peppard secured a major role when he starred alongside Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany's , portrayed a character based on Howard Hughes in The Carpetbaggers , and played the title role of the millionaire sleuth Thomas Banacek in...
, George Hamilton
George Hamilton (actor)
George Stevens Hamilton is an American film and television actor.-Early life:Hamilton was the youngest son of bandleader George "Spike" Hamilton and his first wife, Ann Stevens . He was born in Memphis, Tennessee, and lived in Blytheville, Arkansas...
, Everett Sloane
Everett Sloane
Everett Sloane was an American stage, film and television actor, songwriter, and theatre director.-Early life:...
, and Luana Patten
Luana Patten
-Career:Patten made her first film appearance in Joel Chandler Harris's Song of the South with Bobby Driscoll, and they both appeared in Song of the Souths sister film So Dear to My Heart. She appeared again with Bobby Driscoll in the Pecos Bill segment of Disney's Melody Time...
.
The script was adapted from the novel, Home from the Hill, by author, William Humphrey
William Humphrey (writer)
William Humphrey was an American novelist who wrote about small-town family life in rural Texas.-Biography:...
. The film was entered into the 1960 Cannes Film Festival
1960 Cannes Film Festival
-Jury:*Georges Simenon *Marc Allégret *Louis Chauvet *Diego Fabbri *Hidemi Ima *Grigori Kozintsev *Maurice Leroux *Max Lippmann *Henry Miller...
.
Plot
Captain Wade Hunnicutt, the wealthiest and most powerful citizen in his East TexanEast Texas
East Texas is a distinct geographic and ecological area in the U.S. state of Texas.According to the Handbook of Texas, the East Texas area "may be separated from the rest of Texas roughly by a line extending from the Red River in north central Lamar County southwestward to east central Limestone...
town, is married to Hannah. Wade had two children approximately the same age: Theron, Wade's son with Hannah, and Rafe Copeley, his illegitimate son. Wade is a notorious womanizer, and as the story opens he is conducting an extramarital affair, which has turned his wife Hannah against him. She has brought up their son Theron to be dependent upon her; but as he reaches adulthood, Hunnicutt insists on taking over his upbringing, initiating him in hunting and other masculine pursuits, under the watchful eye of Rafe, Hunnicutt's loyal employee. But Theron's new lifestyle leads him into a love affair with a local girl named Libby Halstead, and thence to learning things about his parents that were previously hidden from him. Theron is disturbed by his parents' dysfunctional relationship, and is thus not anxious to marry Libby, his true love. The vicious cycle threatens to continue when Libby gives birth to Theron's out-of-wedlock son, but Rafe turns Libby into an "honest woman" by acting as father to the child. Libby's father, Albert Halstead who is a well-respected shopkeeper, fearing that his daughter has been impregnated by Captain Hunnicutt, sets out to right the wrong and murders the Captain. Theron seeks justice and tracks down his father's killer in the Sulfur River bottom in Northeast Texas. When Rafe catches up with Theron, Theron is deciding to leave and go out on his own. Hannah surprises Rafe by acknowledging him as Wade's son and having Wade's tombstone reflect the fact. Rafe requests Hannah to visit the infant Albert, Theron's biological son.
Cast
- Robert MitchumRobert MitchumRobert Charles Durman Mitchum was an American film actor, author, composer and singer and is #23 on the American Film Institute's list of the greatest male American screen legends of all time...
- Capt. Wade Hunnicutt - Eleanor ParkerEleanor ParkerEleanor Jean Parker is an American screen actress. Her versatility led to her being dubbed Woman of a Thousand Faces, the title of her biography by Doug McClelland.- Early life :...
- Hannah Hunnicutt - George PeppardGeorge PeppardGeorge Peppard, Jr. was an American film and television actor.Peppard secured a major role when he starred alongside Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany's , portrayed a character based on Howard Hughes in The Carpetbaggers , and played the title role of the millionaire sleuth Thomas Banacek in...
- Raphael 'Rafe' Copley - George HamiltonGeorge Hamilton (actor)George Stevens Hamilton is an American film and television actor.-Early life:Hamilton was the youngest son of bandleader George "Spike" Hamilton and his first wife, Ann Stevens . He was born in Memphis, Tennessee, and lived in Blytheville, Arkansas...
- Theron Hunnicutt - Everett SloaneEverett SloaneEverett Sloane was an American stage, film and television actor, songwriter, and theatre director.-Early life:...
- Albert Halstead - Luana PattenLuana Patten-Career:Patten made her first film appearance in Joel Chandler Harris's Song of the South with Bobby Driscoll, and they both appeared in Song of the Souths sister film So Dear to My Heart. She appeared again with Bobby Driscoll in the Pecos Bill segment of Disney's Melody Time...
- Elizabeth 'Libby' Halstead - Anne Seymour - Sarah Halstead
- Constance FordConstance FordConstance Ford was an American actress and model. She is best known for her long-running role as Ada Hobson on the daytime soap opera Another World.-Career:...
- Opal Bixby - Ken Renard - Chauncey (Hunnicutt butler)
- Ray TealRay TealRay Teal was an actor who appeared in more than 250 movies and some 90 television programs in his 37-year career. His longest running role was as Sheriff Roy Coffee on NBC's most successful western, Bonanza...
- Dr. Reuben Carson
External links
- Home from the Hill at the IMDb