It was remade in 1992 as a TV-movie, with John Shea as Devlin, Jenny Robertson as Alicia, Jean-Pierre Cassel as Sebastian, and Marisa Berenson as Katarina.Vidor""s natural and uncompromising film tells the episodic, poignant story of the working and domestic life of an average, commonplace man in ""the crowd"" - John - with his wife Mary (played exquisitely by the director""s real-life wife Eleanor Boardman), chronicling their ups and downs, including their meeting, courtship, marriage, and family life.The leaves drop from their branches and drift with the wind.(2) The Autumn Fairies also touch milkweed pods which burst, releasing their silky milkweed seeds.The seeds resemble classical ballerina dancers with white bouffant skirts and smooth, sleek black hair.As adults, Rocky embraces a life of crime, whereas Jerry, who had witnessed Rocky""s fate, becomes a priest assigned o his old home parish.To her shock, Brenda""s bloodied corpse was hurled hrough the kitchen window at her feet.[Alice didn""t know that she was now the sole remaining counselor - a sensible, virginal, ""good girl"" female who would be pitted against a psychopath.