Matt Ballot has returned home after 12 years of hard-drinking in all 48 states. His wife has managed to raise their 14-year-old daughter and 12-year-old son nicely without his help. Matt is considered a disgrace to the town he came from and now he finds himself trying to win the love of his children, his wife, and the respect of the townspeople. Set in Arkansas in the 1920s.
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- Released
- Production
- Robert Alexander Productions, Republic Pictures
Keywords
- fistfight
- rural area
- recovering alcoholic
- return home
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Top Cast
Ann Sheridan as Bess Ballot
Steve Cochran as Matt Ballot
Walter Brennan as Jeffrey Storys
Sherry Jackson as Annie
Richard Eyer as Abraham
Edgar Buchanan as Mr. Canary
Sonny Tufts as Leroy Hightower
Harry Shannon as Mr. Totter
Top Crew
R.G. Springsteen · Director
Montgomery Pittman · Writer
Max Steiner · Composer
Jack A. Marta · Cinematographer
Tony Martinelli · Editor
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