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Drama |
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1:22 |
| Director | | |
King Vidor |
| Writer | | |
Arthur Fitz-Richard
Silvia Richards |
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Jennifer Jones
Charlton Heston
Karl Malden
Tom Tully
James Anderson
Josephine Hutchinson
Phyllis Avery
Herbert Heyes
Myra Marsh
Charles Cane
Sam Flint
Frank Wilcox |
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Ruby Corey, a poor, beautiful young woman from the backwoods of North Carolina, lusts after Boake Tackman (Charlton Heston), scion of one of the wealthier families in town. Although far from indifferent to Ruby's charms, Boake opts to abide by his family's preference for a mate from his own social stratum. Meanwhile, Jim Gentry (Karl Malden), the wealthiest man in town--who also has an eye for the sultry young woman--asks her to marry him. To spite Boake as well as the rest of the contemptuous townspeople, she agrees. When an accident takes Gentry's life, the town holds Ruby responsible, without any justification. In the spirit of vengeance, the widow demands full payment of all outstanding debts owed to her husband, further antagonizing the town as well as threatening the survival of Tackman's fledgling business.
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