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Saturday Cinema Double Bill: Rachel and the Stranger

on BBC Two England

starring
Robert Mitchum
William Holden
Loretta Young
Set in the rough, early pioneering days of the West, this is the tale of three people: Big Davey, a widowed farmer who seeks a new mother for his small son; Rachel, a bondswoman, whom he buys and marries strictly in order to preserve the proper decencies and Jim Fairways , a drifter whose attraction to Rachel leads Big Davey to realise his true feelings....
Screenplay by WALDO SALT
Produced by RICHARD BERGER Directed by NORMAN FOSTER and at 3.35
The Red Pony starring
Robert Mitchum
Myrna Loy
A pet pony is the cause of trouble between a Californian rancher and his son in this celebrated John Steinbeck story for which
AARON COPLAND composed a classic score.
Screenplay by JOHN STEINBECK Produced and directed by LEWIS MILESTONE
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Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Mitchum
Unknown:
William Holden
Unknown:
Loretta Young
Unknown:
Jim Fairways
Play By:
Waldo Salt
Produced By:
Richard Berger
Directed By:
Norman Foster
Unknown:
Robert Mitchum
Unknown:
Myrna Loy
Unknown:
John Steinbeck
Unknown:
Aaron Copland
Unknown:
John Steinbeck
Directed By:
Lewis Milestone
Rachel:
Loretta Young
Big Davey:
William Holden
Jim Fairways:
Robert Mitchum
Little Davey:
Gary Gray
Parson Jackson:
Tom Tully
Mrs Jackson:
Sara Haden
Mr Green:
Frank Ferguson
Gallus:
Walter Baldwin
Mrs Green:
Regina Wallace
Billy Buck:
Robert Mitchum
Alice Tiflin:
Myrna Loy
Tom:
Peter Miles
Grandfather:
Louis Calhern
Actor:
Fred Tiflin
Fred Tiflin:
Shepperd Strudwick
Teacher:
Margaret Hamilton

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