

“A passion so strong it kills.”
Wayland Jackson, a widower with a young daughter, moves to a small, impoverished mountain village in North Carolina, circa 1934. They are taken in by Collie Wright, a single mother with an illegitimate baby, and she and Wayland soon fall in love. Trouble starts when the identity of her baby's father is revealed.
Director
Ted Kotcheff
Writers
Carol Sobieski
Release Date
April 14, 1989
Runtime
1h 50m
Status
Released
Original Language
en
Vote Count
34

