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Film · 1963

Spencer's Mountain

Directed by Delmer Daves · starring Henry Fonda, Maureen O'Hara and Donald Crisp

  • 1 h 58 min
  • Drama · Family
  • USA

Synopsis

The Spencer marriage and their nine children, are the third and fourth generations of Spencers who have lived on Spencer's Mountain, situated in a Virginia?s valley. Like all generations who grew up there before, they do not have much money and education, but they are really hard workers, so the marriage composed by Clay (Henry Fonda), and Olivia (Maureen O'Hara), struggle to bring up their family and to deal with the economic problems they face. In addition, they are very loved and respected in the small village, so neighbors will help them in every posible way they can. Clay has a dream which is getting enough money to build the house of their dreams, because they still living with his parents, and he also wants to contribute in the education of his eldest son, the first member of the Spencer family to ever graduate from High School. Will the marriage get what they proposed?

The essentials

Runtime
118 min1 hour and 58 minutes
How long is Spencer's Mountain?
1 hour and 58 minutes (118 minutes).
Who directed Spencer's Mountain?
Delmer Daves.
Who is in Spencer's Mountain?
It stars Henry Fonda, Maureen O'Hara, Donald Crisp and Whit Bissell.
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Director
Delmer Daves
Writers
Delmer Daves
Producers
Delmer Daves

Soundtrack

All 8 songs
  1. America the BeautifulWords, Katharine Lee Bates, 1904, Sung Barbara McNair Spotify
  2. Now the Day is OverWords, Sabine Baring-Gould, 1865 Spotify
  3. In The GardenSung Olivia Spencer, Maureen O'Hara, the cast at the funeral Spotify
  4. Shall We Gather at the River?Words, Robert Lowry, 1864
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