stars Rip Torn, Conchata Ferrell
Burnt Fork, Wyoming: 1910. Desperately seeking a new life, Elinore Randall leaves Colorado and accepts a ' mail order' job as housekeeper on a frontier farm. She, and her daughter, find the life incredibly harsh and the owner-farmer dour and uncommunicative. This film vividly depicts the life of cowboy settlers and develops into a moving love story and extraordinary portrait of a woman's determination to fulfil her life.
Screenplay by BETH FERRIS . based on the books and papers of ELINORE RANDALL STEWART
Produced by MICHAEL HAUSMAN , BETH FERRIS Directed by Richard PEARCE
(Ftrsl showing on British TV) Films: p 15