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Places in the Heart

Name: Places in the Heart
Director: Robert Benton
Genre: Drama
Released: 1984-09-11
Cast: Sally Field, Lindsay Crouse, John Malkovich, Danny Glover, Ed Harris

Drama

In 1935 rural Texas, recently widowed Edna Spaulding struggles to survive with two small children, a farm to run, and very little money in the bank - not to mention a deadly tornado and the unwelcome presence of the Ku Klux Klan. Edna is aided by her beautician sister, Margaret; a blind boarder, Mr. Will; and a would-be thief, Moze, who decides to teach Edna how to plant and harvest cotton.

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Cast

Sally FieldLindsay CrouseJohn MalkovichDanny GloverEd HarrisRay BakerAmy MadiganTerry O'QuinnBert RemsenJay PattersonToni HudsonDe'voreaux White

Director

Robert Benton

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