Parrish McLean lives with his mother Ellen on Sala Post's tobacco plantation in the Connecticut River Valley. His mother winds up marrying Sala's rival Judd Raike, ruthless planter who wants to drive Sala out of business. Judd insists that Parrish learn the business from the ground up.
Cinematography
Technicolor tobacco leaves never looked this illegally beautiful.
Acting
Karl Malden chewing scenery as a villainous planter.
Director
Delmer Daves
Troy Donahue
Parrish McLean
Claudette Colbert
Ellen McLean
Karl Malden
Judd Raike
Dean Jagger
Sala Post
Connie Stevens
Lucy
Diane McBain
Alison Post
Sharon Hugueny
Paige Raike
Dub Taylor
Teet Howie
Hampton Fancher
Edgar Raike
David Knapp
Wiley Raike
Sylvia Miles
Eileen
Bibi Osterwald
Rosie
Madeleine Sherwood
Addie
Hayden Rorke
Tom Weldon
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Claudette Colbert's final theatrical film; she came out of semi-retirement specifically to play Troy Donahue's mother.
Part of Delmer Daves' 'young man on the farm' trilogy with Troy Donahue—Hollywood's bizarre 1960s attempt to make agriculture sexy for teens.
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