Home from the Hill (1960)

Directed by

Vincente Minnelli

Genre

drama film, romance film

Country

United States

Runtime

2h 29m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 67 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A wealthy Texas landowner tries to teach his son how to be a man but their strained relationship leads to family secrets and tragedy. The son gets caught between his father's harsh expectations and his mother's protective love.

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What happens

Home from the Hill is a 1960 American melodrama Western film starring Robert Mitchum, Eleanor Parker, George Peppard, George Hamilton, Everett Sloane and Luana Patten. Directed by Vincente Minnelli and filmed in Metrocolor and CinemaScope, it was produced by Edward Grainger, and distributed by MGM. The screenplay was adapted from the 1958 novel Home from the Hill by William Humphrey. The film was entered into the 1960 Cannes Film Festival. The title is from the last line of Robert Louis Stevenson's short poem "Requiem". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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