Following the Second World War, a northern cannery combine negotiates for the purchase of a large tract of uncultivated Georgia farmland. The major portion of the land is owned by Julie Ann Warren and has already been optioned by her unscrupulous, draft dodging husband, Henry. Now the combine must also obtain two smaller plots - one owned by Henry's cousin Rad McDowell, a combat veteran with a wife and family; the other by Reeve Scott, a young black man whose mother had been Julie's childhood Mammy. But neither Rad nor Reeve is interested in selling and they form an unprecedented black and white partnership to improve their land. Although infuriated by the turn of events, Henry remains determined to push through the big land deal. And when Reeve's mother Rose dies, Henry tries to persuade his wife to charge Reeve with illegal ownership of his property, confident the the bigoted Judge Purcell will rule against a Negro.
Production | Otto Preminger | Producer |
Directing | Otto Preminger | Director |
Writing | Thomas C. Ryan | Screenplay |
Writing | Horton Foote | Screenplay |
Camera | Milton Krasner | Director of Photography |
Editing | Louis R. Loeffler | Editor |
Camera | Loyal Griggs | Director of Photography |
Sound | Hugo Montenegro | Original Music Composer |
Editing | James Wells | Editor |
Sound | Robert B. Shepard | Playback Singer |
Directing | Marshall Schlom | Script Supervisor |
Directing | John G. Avildsen | Assistant Director |
Costume & Make-Up | Hope Bryce | Costume Coordinator |
Art | John Godfrey | Set Decoration |
Costume & Make-Up | Frederic Jones | Hairdresser |
Production | Eva Monley | Production Manager |
Editing | Tony de Zarraga | Editor |
Art | Gordon Gurnee | Assistant Art Director |
Directing | Burtt Harris | Assistant Director |
Camera | Duke Callaghan | Camera Operator |
Production | Stephen F. Kesten | Production Manager |
Camera | Morris Rosen | Key Grip |
Camera | Andrew Callaghan | Camera Operator |
Costume & Make-Up | Web Overlander | Makeup Artist |
Costume & Make-Up | Del Armstrong | Makeup Artist |
Directing | Howard Joslin | Assistant Director |
Sound | John F. Link | Sound Effects Editor |
Editing | Connie Roese | Negative Cutter |
Art | Gene Callahan | Production Design |
Production | Sam Bernstein | Production Accountant |