This John Frankenheimer movie presents a low-action, sparsely-populated story about a married Tennessee county sheriff (Gregory Peck), who falls in love with a young girl (Tuesday Weld). Weld's father (Ralph Meeker) and younger brothers are illegally operating a still as a family business that probably goes back for decades and may go forward for decades more. The movie also stars Estelle Parsons as Peck's pathetic wife and Charles Durning Peck's as his deputy.
This movie does not live up to the Frankenheimer standards that I learned to love from his early 60s black and white movies.
The best part of the movie was Johnny Cash's singing of the title song.
This movie does not live up to the Frankenheimer standards that I learned to love from his early 60s black and white movies.
The best part of the movie was Johnny Cash's singing of the title song.