Sam Peckinpah wrote and directed this adaptation of Katherine Anne Porter's short novel. This is a Peckinpah film at it's most lowkey with the exception of Jason Robards giving his usual over the top performance. The guy had a hard time with that subtle acting thing.
Katherine Anne Porter's story is essentially a character study of a farmer called Royal Thompson a big mouth small town braggart personality constantly running his mouth. The actual story provides most of the interest in this adaptation it certainly isn't anything special in terns of film technique. The film looks to be shot on video tape and is in black and white which gives it a very dated look.
Olivia de Havilland plays Robard's wife and she gives a good restrained and thoughtful performance. Then again anyone would look restrained next to Robards.
48 minutes
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