The Trail of the Lonesome Pine

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The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
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David Beckett

Certificate: PG
Running Time: 95
Retail Price: £15.99
Release Date: 30/03/2009
Content Type: Movie

Synopsis:
Set in the mountains of Kentucky at the turn of the twentieth century this enthralling drama, based on the classic novel of the same name by John Fox Jr., stars the OSCAR® winning Henry Fonda (Once Upon a Time in the West, The Grapes of Wrath) alongside Sylvia Sidney (Sabotage, Fury) and Frank MacMurray (Double Indemnity, The Apartment).

A feud, the origins of which can barely be remembered, has been boiling for decades between two sheltered mountain families; the Tollivers and the Falins. With plans to build a railroad through both families' land and mine the coal deposits beneath it, enterprising outsider Jack Hale (MacMurray) inadvertently becomes entangled in the region's politics. He soon captures the attention of the beautiful June Tolliver (Sidney) and quickly becomes involved in a love triangle with her and her cousin Dave (Fonda).

Nominated for an OSCAR® in 1937 and Winner of a Special Recommendation at the 1936 Venice Film Festival, The Trail of the Lonesome Pine, directed by Henry Hathaway (The Sons of Katie Elder, Souls at Sea) was the first feature film shot outside of a studio in three-strip Technicolor and is available for the first time in the UK in this digitally re-mastered form.

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