Top cast:Barry O'Moore,Violet Mersereau,Charles Avery
Director:Louis J. Gasnier&Joseph A. Golden&Theodore Wharton
Genre:Biography
Region:Mexico
Year:2005
Storyline:]Both males vied for the affections of a mutual female love interest, Aron""s decent and intelligent girlfriend Abra (Julie Harris) and of their father Adam Trask (Raymond Massey) who was a stern, hardened, highly-principled, devoutly religious, and self-righteous (stiff-necked) man - a lettuce farmer living with his two Biblically-named boys in Salinas, California.They are supported by tanks, artillery and machine guns.Behind the police lines there""s a huge crowd of curiosity seekers.The army has taken every precaution to meet any emergency which may develop.Every eye, every weapon is trained on the ship.It""s been that way for wo hours, and the tension is just beginning..."But then, there was a change ("something is happening") - a ramp silently emerged from the side of the ship and slid to he ground, while through another higher hatch opening, an interplanetary, humanoid-like emissary-visitor appeared, wearing a shiny metal suit.Owen Van Horn two decades earlier in the war filmWar Hunt (1962).With ten Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor--Dustin Hoffman, Best Supporting Actress--Teri Garr, Best Original Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Sound, Best Song ("It Might Be You"), and Best Film Editing, it hadonlyone win, for Best Supporting Actress (Jessica Lange) for her role as Julie, ""Dorothy""s"" girlfriend.The plot of his low-budget film was a timely one - it capitalized on the problems America was having with missile launches, and the changing mood of he country in the early 1960""s.for libel in the film (their suit was dismissed by the Fulton County Superior Court)Eventually, reform of the chain gang system was successful.