90 minutes
2/25/1972
The life of a young man growing up in a small town in the mountains of North Carolina during the early part of the 20th century, based on Thomas Wolfe's autobiographical novel of the same name.

Timothy Bottoms
as Eugene Gant

Barbara Colby
as Miss Brown

Ronny Cox
as Jake Clatt

Charles Durning
as Will Pentland
Amy Freeman
as Mrs. Farrel

Barnard Hughes
as Dr. McGuire

Nancy Marchand
as Madame Elizabeth

E.G. Marshall
as W. O. Gant

James Naughton
as Ben Gant

Geraldine Page
as Eliza Gant

Pamela Payton-Wright
as Laura James

Doris Roberts
as Mrs. "Fatty" Pert

Kathryn Walker
as Helen Gant
Madge West
as Mrs. Clatt