Hello from Golden Age Classics! Today we are excited to announce the release of “‘God’s Little Acre” (1958), the classic drama film, now in 4K UHD! Click here to watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WeeoPG0R7U
Read more about the movie below!
God’s Little Acre is a 1958 American film of Erskine Caldwell’s 1933 novel of the same name. It was directed by Anthony Mann and shot in black and white by cinematographer Ernest Haller. Although the film was not released until August 1958, its production schedule is indicated as September 11 to late October 1957.
The film was as controversial as the novel, although unlike its source material it was not subjected to prosecution for obscenity. Although both the book and film were laced throughout with racy innuendo calling into question the issue of marital fidelity, the film adaptation may have been the more alarming because it portrayed a popular uprising, or workers’ insurrection, in the Southern United States by laid-off millworkers trying to gain control of the factory equipment on which their jobs depended. When the film was first released, audiences under 18 years of age were prohibited from viewing what were perceived to be numerous sexy scenes throughout, although in recent decades the film’s scandalous reputation has diminished.
Cast:
Robert Ryan as Ty Ty Walden, a widower
Aldo Ray as Will Thompson
Buddy Hackett as Pluto Swint
Jack Lord as Buck Walden
Fay Spain as Darlin’ Jill Walden, Ty Ty’s daughter
Vic Morrow as Shaw Walden
Helen Westcott as Rosamund, Will’s wife
Lance Fuller as Jim Leslie
Rex Ingram as Uncle Felix
Michael Landon as Dave Dawson, the albino
Russell Collins as watchman
Davis Roberts as farm worker with hoe
Janet Brandt as angry woman
Tina Louise as Griselda Walden, Buck’s wife