A conservative, Midwestern farmer rallies his neighbors against a power company planning to erect huge towers across their land, and a political activist schoolteacher helps them organize into an effective bloc.
Acting
Ralph Waite's weary dignity carries every scene
Writing
Surprisingly nuanced activist/farmer dynamic
Production
Authentic Midwestern locations, no Hollywood gloss
Director
Dick Lowry
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released during America's rural economic crisis, it channels real farmer foreclosure anxieties into accessible melodrama.
Dixie Carter and Ralph Waite were both Southern-born actors playing Midwesterners — the accents wander interestingly.
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