SPENCER'S MOUNTAIN
starring Henry Fonda and Maureen O'Hara
 
Western/Drama/Family Movie
UPC: 085392752621
NR (Not Rated)
 
Spencer's Mountain is a 1963 American
family drama film from the 1961 novel of the same name by Earl Hamner, Jr. The supporting cast features early appearances in their careers by James MacArthur, Veronica Cartwright, and Victor French, while longtime Hollywood actor Donald Crisp portrays "Grandpa", and Wally Cox, Virginia Gregg, Lillian Bronson, Whit Bissell and Dub Taylor also appear. The film centers on the trials and tribulations of the Spencers, a family living in the Grand Teton Mountains of Wyoming during the early 1960s. The movie, although set in Wyoming rather than the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, is a forerunner (or early alternate version) of the television series The Waltons.
 
Clay Spencer (Henry Fonda) and his wife, Olivia (Maureen O'Hara), live in a small town deep in the mountains. When Clay isn't busy drinking with his buddies or railing against the town minister (Wally Cox), he's building the house he's always promised Olivia. He is overjoyed when he learns his eldest son (James MacArthur) will be the first Spencer to attend college, if he can resist the charms of a pretty local girl (Mimsy Farmer) and rustle up the money for tuition.
 
A very good used DVD movie in a case with mild wear.