A dark tragedy about a farmer’s futile act of homicide that takes place on a small dairy farm in southern Texas during the 1890s. Sam Peckinpah directed this original adaptation of the Katherine Anne Porter novel for ABC, and the project became an hour-long presentation for ABC Stage 67, premiering on Nov. 23, 1966.
Length 51 minutes
Jason Robards | Olivia de Havilland | Theodore Bikel | Per Oscarsson | Robert Emhardt | Steve Sanders | Ben Johnson | Peter Robbins | L.Q. Jones | Jill Andre | Joan Tompkins