Spencer's Mountain

Spencer's Mountain
Theatrical release poster
Directed byDelmer Daves
Screenplay byDelmer Daves
Based onSpencer's Mountain
1961 novel
by Earl Hamner Jr.
Produced byDelmer Daves
StarringHenry Fonda
Maureen O'Hara
James MacArthur
Donald Crisp
Wally Cox
Mimsy Farmer
CinematographyCharles Lawton Jr. A.S.C.
H.F. Koenekamp, A.S.C. (second unit)
Edited byDavid Wages
Music byMax Steiner
Production
company
Distributed byWarner Bros.
Release date
  • May 16, 1963 (1963-05-16)
Running time
118 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$4.5 million (rentals)[1]

Spencer's Mountain is a 1963 American family drama film written, directed and produced by Delmer Daves, from the 1961 novel of the same name by Earl Hamner Jr.,[2] and starring Henry Fonda and Maureen O'Hara.[3] The supporting cast features early appearances by James MacArthur, Veronica Cartwright and Victor French, while longtime film actor Donald Crisp (in his final screen role) portrays "Grandpa" Spencer. Wally Cox, Virginia Gregg, Lillian Bronson, Whit Bissell and Dub Taylor also appear.

The movie, although set in Wyoming, is an inspiration for the long-running CBS television series The Waltons (set in the eastern U.S., in the Appalachian, Allegheny and Blue Ridge mountain chain and the upper southern Shenandoah Valley of western Virginia).

  1. ^ All-Time Top Grossers, pg 69. Variety. Published January 8, 1964.
  2. ^ McInerney, Lee (July 15, 1963). "The New Film / 'Spencer's Mountain' Stars Henry Fonda; Now at the Stanley". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 12.
  3. ^ Marsters, Jack (June 15, 1963). "Eyes Fascinate Maureen O'Hara". The Gazette. Montreal. p. 28.

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