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Star Movie: Rachel and the Stranger

BBC One
on BBC One London

Starring Loretta Young, William Holden, Robert Mitchum

Feeling obliged to find a woman to raise his son and tend their frontier farm, widower Davey Harvey buys a bonded servant, Rachel, and marries her because propriety demands it.
Though she does her best, Rachel's aloof 'husband' treats her thoughtlessly - until drifter Jim Fairways shows an interest...
Films: page 18

Contributors

Screenplay:
Waldo Salt
Based on the story Rachel by:
Howard Fast
Producer:
Richard Berger
Director:
Norman Foster
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
Source: Radio Times

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