Places in the Heart
It is 1935 and Waxahachie, Texas, is a small, segregated town in the midst of the Great Depression. One afternoon the local sheriff, Royce Spalding, goes to investigate gun shots at the rail yards. A young black teenager, Wylie, is drunk and is firing the gun. He continued firing the gun until he reached an empty chamber. Thinking it was now empty, he aims at the sheriff, killing him. Local vigilantes along with law enforcement drag his body behind a truck. His dead body is hanged from a tree.
| MPAA Rating: | PG |
| Genre: | Drama |
| Country: | United States |
| Produced By: | Arlene Donovan, Michael Hausman |
| Directed By: | Robert Benton |
| Written By: | Robert Benton |
| Cast: | Yankton Hatten, Bill Thurman, Bert Remsen, Jerry Haynes, Norma Young, Jay Patterson, Lou Hancock, Arthur Pugh, Ray Baker, Danny Glover, Ed Harris, De'Voreaux White, Matthew Posey, Toni Hudson, Gregg Brazzel, Vernon Grote, Paul Nuckles, Lane Smith, Shelby Brammer, Gennie James, Ned Dowd, Sally Field, J.C. Quinn, Terry O'Quinn, Robert Schenkkan, Amy Madigan, Lindsay Crouse, Jim Gough, Trey Wilson, John Malkovich |
| In Theaters: | Oct 05, 1984 |
| Runtime: | 1 hour 51 minutes |
| Production: | Delphi II Productions, TriStar Pictures |
| Box Office: | $34,901,614 |
| Available On: | Amazon, Itunes, Vudu |
| Read More On: | Wikipedia |
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