Places in the Heart

“The story of a woman fighting for her children, for her land, for the greatest dream there is... the future.”

7.2(188)19841h 51m

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.

Director

Robert Benton

Budget

$9.5M

Revenue

$34.9M

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Cast

Sally Field

Edna Spalding

Lindsay Crouse

Margaret Lomax

John Malkovich

Mr. Will

Danny Glover

Moze

Ed Harris

Wayne Lomax

Ray Baker

Sheriff Royce Spalding

Amy Madigan

Viola Kelsey

Terry O'Quinn

Buddy Kelsey

Bert Remsen

Tee Tot Hightower

Jay Patterson

W.E. Simmons

Toni Hudson

Ermine

De'voreaux White

Wylie

Reviews

1 review

Wuchak

1y ago

7.0

**_Outcasts unite as a family of sorts in the Lone Star State during the Depression_** After a tragedy, a desperate mother (Sally Field) in rural east Texas takes in a blind boarder (John Malkovich) and enlists the help of a questionable black drifter (Danny Glover) in order to make ends meet, with the possibility of a cotton crop. "Places in the Heart" (1984) belongs to the troubled farmer ...