Home From the Hill (1960)
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100% of critics liked it
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84% of users liked it
(468 ratings)
William Humphrey's novel Home From the Hill is compressed into 150 minutes for this MGM all-starrer. Robert Mitchum plays Capt. Wade Hunnicutt, a Texas millionaire, married to Hannah (Eleanor Parker). The Hunnicutts have two children of approximately the same age: Wade's biological son,… More William Humphrey's novel Home From the Hill is compressed into 150 minutes for this MGM all-starrer. Robert Mitchum plays Capt. Wade Hunnicutt, a Texas millionaire, married to Hannah (Eleanor Parker). The Hunnicutts have two children of approximately the same age: Wade's biological son, Theron (George Hamilton in one of his earliest film roles), and his illegitimate son, Rafe (George Peppard). As the story opens, Wade conducts an extramarital affair; meanwhile, Theron (George Hamilton), disturbed by his parents' dysfunctional relationship, is not anxious to marry his true love, Libby Halstead (Luana Patten). The vicious cycle threatens to continue when Libby gives birth to Theron's out-of-wedlock son, but it is Rafe who turns Libby into an "honest woman" by acting as father to the child. Vincente Minnelli directs his material operatically, which is as it should be given the larger-than-life character and emotional entanglements he has to deal with. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Vincente Minnelli
- Written By
- Frank Harriet,
- Genres
- Drama, Classics
- In Theaters
- May 19, 1960 Wide
Critic Reviews
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Paul Brenner, Filmcritic.com
Minnelli pulls back the stinky underbelly of this Texan-hell family in all his scope splendor
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Michael E. Grost, Classic Film and Television
Powerful look at male roles, showing innovative approaches to story telling.
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Diana Saenger, ReviewExpress.com
A great drama enhanced by the terrific performances of Robert Mitchum, George Hamilton, George Peppard and Eleanor Parker.
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David Nusair, Reel Film Reviews
...just entertaining enough to warrant a mild recommendation.
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Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com
Along with Some Came Running, it ranks as Minnelli's finest family melodrama, lurid and flamboyant yet also deeply emotional and incisive in its critique of the patriarchal order; Robert Mitchum as the patriarch is superb.
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Cast
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Robert Mitchum
as Capt. Wade Hunnicutt
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Eleanor Parker
as Hannah Hunnicutt
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George Peppard
as Rafe Copley
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George Hamilton
as Theron Hunnicutt
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Everett Sloane
as Albert Halstead
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Luana Patten
as Libby Halstead
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Anne Seymour
as Sarah Halstead
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Constance Ford
as Opal Bixby
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Ken Renard
as Chauncey
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Ray Teal
as Dr. Reuben Carson
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Charlie Briggs
as Dick Gibbons
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Tom Gilson
as John Ellis
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Hilda Haynes
as Melba
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Burt Mustin
as Gas Station Attendant
- Luana Parker
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Denver Pyle
as Marshall Bradley
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Stuart Randall
as Ramsey
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Dan Sheridan
as Peyton Siles
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Dub Taylor
as Bob Skaggs
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Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams
as Hugh Macauley
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Orville Sherman
as Ed Dinwoodie