Carl and Jessie are half siblings who feel trapped by the existential and economic pressures of living in the small mining town of Canaan, Ohio. Their shared rebellion soon takes on the form of an illicit love affair depicted in interwoven sequences of lusty poeticism and ethnographic vérité. When Jessie becomes pregnant, the tension between the couple’s youthful vitality and the dire realities of rural society leads to consequences both despairing and hopeful.
Cast
Larue Hall
Jessie
Ted Heimerdinger
Carl
Marjorie Johnson
Mae
John Crawford
Virgil
Betty Ann Parady
Donna
Mary Cass
Rose
Ron Parady
Tom
Bob Jones
Jacob
David Ayres
Lou
Jon Webb
Frank
Miles Gibbons
George
Art Stifel
Howard
Tracy Smith
Chris
Isabel Stott
Grandma
Michael Marcum
Mike
Sandra Marcum
Sandy
Mary Marcum
Mary
Lonny Leemaster
Shave
Doug Stewart
Salesman
Oscar McGee
Donna's Father
Bill Fish
Virgil's Friend
Iris Dotson
Bartender
F. Miller Jr.
Morning Drunk
Mary Davis
Woman Singer
David Sams
Male Singer
Glenn Jarvis
Fiddle Player
Franklin Miller
Banjo Player
Sally Vibberts
Church Pianist
Carl Fleischhauer
Preacher
Crew
Joseph L. Anderson
Director, Screenplay, Editor, Producer
Doug Rapp
Screenplay
Franklin Miller
Screenplay, Editor, Producer
Norman Shapiro
Assistant Editor
Art Stifel
Director of Photography
Brian Blauser
Director of Photography
David Prince
Director of Photography, Still Photographer
R. Mike Tomlinson
Production Assistant
Tom Koba
Production Assistant
Gary Bernstein
Production Assistant
Tom Peterson
Sound Mixer
Joe Franklin
Sound Recordist
Bill Heim
Sound
William Heim
Dialogue Editor
Jan Chapman
Still Photographer
Jon Webb
Still Photographer
Dennis Livingston
Still Photographer, Art Direction
Diane Poulton
Property Master
Judy Miller
Continuity
J. Grant Ledgerwood
Key Grip
