Spencer's Mountain (1963)

Directed by

Delmer Daves

Genre

drama film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 39m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 42 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man and his wife raise a large family in the Wyoming mountains. The father dreams of building a new house and sending his eldest son to college.

heartwarmingnostalgicgentlefamily-focusedslow-pacedwholesomesentimentalearthy

What happens

Spencer's Mountain is a 1963 American family drama film written, directed and produced by Delmer Daves, from the 1961 novel of the same name by Earl Hamner Jr., and starring Henry Fonda and Maureen O'Hara. The supporting cast features early appearances by James MacArthur, Veronica Cartwright and Victor French, while longtime film actor Donald Crisp (in his final screen role) portrays "Grandpa" Spencer. Wally Cox, Virginia Gregg, Lillian Bronson, Whit Bissell and Dub Taylor also appear. The movie, although set in Wyoming, is an inspiration for the long-running CBS television series The Waltons (set in the eastern U.S., in the Appalachian, Allegheny and Blue Ridge mountain chain and the upper southern Shenandoah Valley of western Virginia). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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