1961-1970DramaSam PeckinpahUSA

Sam Peckinpah – Noon Wine (1966)

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Jason Robards and Olivia DeHavilland star in this 1966 TV play written and directed by Sam Peckinpah.

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Here’s what IMDB has to say (No Spoilers):

This was an excellent adaptation of the Katherine Ann Porter short story. It was perfect for the old anthology format. I saw this at the Museum of Television and Radio in New York. It concerns a farm couple and a murder, won’t say much more than that or might ruin the plot. But Jason Robards was excellent as always in the role of a rough farmer who makes a mistake and tries to right it. And then there was Olivia de Havilland in one of her last real starring roles, and her first role on television. It is too bad she did not accept more roles in television around this time. She is Robard’s wife, a former school teacher in one is essentially a loveless marriage that she has resigned herself to due to duty to marriage and her children. It is a great performance of hers, one of her best in television that ranks with her roles in Roots and Anastasia in her ability to touch your emotions. See this one if you ever get the chance! A real treat for de Havilland fans.

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Language(s):English
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One Comment

  1. I just watched this today, the first time I had seen it since it was broadcast on “ABC Stage 67” in 1966. The entire cast was extraordinary, highlighted by what was probably the American viewer’s first introduction to Swedish film actor Per Oscarsson (“Hunger,” “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”), who underplayed the part to perfection. Theodore Bikel is always worth the price of admission in, for him, what was casting against type in an unsympathetic role. Oscar-winner Ben Johnson is praiseworthy in the small role of the local sheriff, and Robert Emhardt is always reliable, this time as a lawyer. Two very talented child actors of the period–Steve Sanders and Peter Robbins–do well as the young Thompson sons, very natural in their scenes. And look for character actors L. Q. Jones and Joan Tompkins in fleeting parts. Lucien Ballard’s lovely country photography is uniformly excellent, and Jerry Fielding’s lovely score adds tenderness to many scenes. Kudos to writer-director Sam Peckinpah for undertaking an unusually “quiet” assignment in this superb adaptation of Katherine Anne Porter’s (“Ship of Fools”) short novel. The videotaped film of this drama has been beautifully restored for the enjoyment of fans of everyone involved.

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