| Release Date: | Mar 1981 |
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| Genre: | Drama |
| Runtime: | 97 min |
| Cast: | Johnny Cash (Jesse Hallam) Brenda Vaccaro (Marion Galucci) Ben Marley (Ted Hallam) Eli Wallach (Sal Galucci) Guy Boyd (Policeman) Chrystal Smith (Jenny Hallam) Earl Poole Ball (Uncle Charley) Linda Bennett (Receptionist) Viola Borden (Mrs. Kleeman) Michael Burnham (Tully) Tara Cash (Student) Malinda Comer (Clerk) Ray Comier (Trucker) William Dickerson (Schofield (as William Dickenson)) Dale Doerman (2nd Policeman) Mark Heffernan (1st Student) Charles Holmond (Black Man) Allen Karpe (3rd Boy) Josephine Keenan (Sarah June) Ralph Lewis (Police Sgt.) Bob Lipka (White Man (as Robert Lipka)) Savino Maneri (Bail Bondsman) Carolanne Mary (Admissions) William Speed (Guard) Stephen Truss (3rd Cop) Corrinne Vandeveer (Nurse) Jackie Walsh (Secretary) Reginald Willis (Man #3) Joseph Zimmerman (Parker) Brad Zinn (1st Boy) |
Jesse Hallam, an illiterate coal miner from Kentucky, moves to Cincinnati so that his daughter may receive spinal surgery. Determined to support his family in the city, he decides he must learn how to read and write as an adult, and resolves to graduate from high school.
