Spencer's Mountain
“Clayboy's schoolteacher impresses upon Clayboy the following phrase, "The world steps aside to let a man pass, if he knows where he is going"”
Clay Spencer and his wife, Olivia, live in a small town deep in the mountains. When Clay isn't busy drinking with his buddies or railing against the town minister, he's building the house he's always promised Olivia. He is overjoyed when he learns his eldest son will be the first Spencer to attend college, if he can resist the charms of a pretty local girl and rustle up the money for tuition.
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Cast
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Henry Fonda
Clay Spencer
Known for
Once Upon a Time in the West
The Grapes of Wrath
Maureen O'Hara
Olivia Spencer
Known for
Miracle on 34th Street
The Quiet Man
James MacArthur
Clayboy Spencer
Known for
Hawaii Five-O
Swiss Family Robinson
Donald Crisp
Grandpa Spencer
Known for
How Green Was My Valley
The Man from Laramie
Wally Cox
Preacher Goodman
Known for
The Bedford Incident
The Night Strangler
Mimsy Farmer
Claris Coleman
Known for
Four Flies on Grey Velvet
The Perfume of the Lady in Black
Virginia Gregg
Miss Parker
Known for
Operation Petticoat
The Hanging Tree
Lillian Bronson
Grandma Spencer
Known for
Sleep, My Love
Whit Bissell
Dr. Campbell
Known for
The Time Tunnel
The Time Machine
Hayden Rorke
Colonel Coleman
Known for
I Dream of Jeannie
All That Heaven Allows
Kathy Bennett
Minnie-Cora Cook
Also in
77 Sunset Strip
Archie
Dub Taylor
Percy Cook
Known for
Back to the Future Part III
Bonnie and Clyde
Delmer Daves Director · Earl Hamner, Jr. Author Max Steiner Composer
Worldwide gross $4.5M · United States release May 16, 1963 · Produced in United States
Box office
Worldwide gross
$4,500,000
Production
Warner Bros. Pictures
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · May 16, 1963
Theatrical
France
January 31, 1964 · Theatrical
Germany
November 1, 1963 · Theatrical · Warner
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