TV's lost pilot: Barbara Stanwyck in a farming drama nobody saw coming.
Acting
Stanwyck commands every scene she's in.
Direction
Rosenberg before Cool Hand Luke, finding his rhythm.
Director
Stuart Rosenberg
Jackie Cooper
Everett Calhoun
Barbara Stanwyck
Abby Rayner
Robert Lansing
Eric Sloane
Beverly Garland
Nan Sloane
BarBara Luna
Felicia del Valle
R.G. Armstrong
Zac Laird
Ken Berry
Otis Sorenson
Howard Duff
Sid Rayner
Richard Eyer
Hank Laird
Beverly Washburn
Ruth Laird
Guy Raymond
Simeon
Nesdon Booth
Lloyd
Rodd Redwing
Jose
Fred Aldrich
Townsman (uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Stuart Rosenberg's first directing credit; he'd later direct Paul Newman in Cool Hand Luke and The Drowning Pool.
County agent dramas were briefly hot after USDA rural outreach programs—this rode a wave that crashed by 1965.
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