Tomorrow 7/12

(1972) Based on a short story by William Faulkner. In depression-era Mississippi, a reclusive watchman finds a homeless pregnant woman near the mill he's tending, and is determined to nurse her back to health.

Though not a feel-good movie, "Tomorrow" is one of the best American films. Duvall cites it as his favorite role, and many Faulkner fans consider this the most faithful dramatization of his work.

Robert Duvall - Jackson Fentry
Olga Bellin - Sarah Eubanks
Sudie Bond - Mrs. Hulie
Richard McConnell - Isham Russell
Peter Masterson - Lawyer Douglas
William Hawley - Papa Fentry
James Franks - Preacher Whitehead
Johnny Mask - Jackson & Longstreet
Effie Green - Storekeeper
Ken Lindley - Judge
R.M. Weaver - Jury Foreman
Dick Dougherty - Buck Thorpe
Jeff Williams - H.T. Bookwright
Jack Simley - Thorpe Brother
Billy Summerford - Thorpe Brother

NOTE: The dialogue in this film is vernacular from the Mississippi Delta region.

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Tags:

• Robert Duvall
• Olga Bellin
• Horton Foote
• Mississippi
• Depression
• abandoned woman
• mill watchman
• cotton farmer
• pregnant woman
• Jackson Fentry
• Mississipi Delta
• Faulkner

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"You do a favor for me, Isham?" "Sure." "I ain't had much of this life, and that's the truth. Work and hunger and pain.  I'm afraid"---as he holds her, strokes her hair. "I ain't gonna never leave you, 'less you ask me to. Never, never, never." "There's a woman over at the sawmill 'bout to have a baby. Can you come with me?" "I'll be right there." Kindness in crisis. Leaning on love when facing pain and fear. These people pass the tests that count most. "Are you warmer now?"