Home from the Hill

Home from the Hill

150 mins | Drama, Romance | March 3, 1960

Captain Wade Hunnicutt is the wealthiest and most powerful citizen in his Texan town; he is also a notorious womanizer, which has turned his wife Hannah against him. She has brought up their son Theron to be dependent upon her; but as he reaches adulthood, Hunnicutt insists on taking over his upbringing, initiating him in hunting and other masculine pursuits, under the watchful eye of Rafe, Hunnicutt's loyal employee. But Theron's new lifestyle leads him into a love-affair with a local girl, and thence to his learning things about his parents that were previously hidden from him.

Home from the Hill

150 mins | Drama, Romance | March 3, 1960

Home from the Hill
Captain Wade Hunnicutt is the wealthiest and most powerful citizen in his Texan town; he is also a notorious womanizer, which has turned his wife Hannah against him. She has brought up their son Theron to be dependent upon her; but as he reaches adulthood, Hunnicutt insists on taking over his upbringing, initiating him in hunting and other masculine pursuits, under the watchful eye of Rafe, Hunnicutt's loyal employee. But Theron's new lifestyle leads him into a love-affair with a local girl, and thence to his learning things about his parents that were previously hidden from him.
IMDb rating 7.4
Producers Sol C. Siegel Productions
Original title Home from the Hill
Directors Vincente Minnelli
Writers William Humphrey, Harriet Frank Jr., Irving Ravetch

Cast

Robert Mitchum

as Captain Wade Hunnicutt

Eleanor Parker

as Hannah Hunnicutt

George Peppard

as Raphael 'Rafe' Copley

George Hamilton

as Theron Hunnicutt

Everett Sloane

as Albert Halstead

Luana Patten

as Libby Halstead

Anne Seymour

as Sarah Halstead

Constance Ford

as Opal Bixby

Ken Renard

as Chauncey

Ray Teal

as Dr. Carson

Guinn "Big Boy" Williams

as Hugh Macauley (uncredited)

Dub Taylor

as Bob Skaggs (uncredited)

Burt Mustin

as Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)

Bess Flowers

as Guest at backyard party (uncredited)