Main Cast: Lolita Davidovich, Patty Duke, J.A. Preston, Jean Louisa Kelly, Tom Aldredge
Release Year: 1996
Run Time: 99 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG
Plot
At first glance, the made-for-TV Harvest of Fire would seem to be a gender-switch variation on the theatrical feature Witness (1985), but it is much more than that. Assigned to investigate the possibility of a hate crime when three barns are burned in an Amish community in Iowa, FBI agent Sally Russwell (Lolita Davidovich) is given a far-from-warm welcome by the locals when she arrives at the scene of the crime. Shunned as one of "the English" -- that is, an outsider -- Sally is able to gain the confidence only of entrepreneurial Amish widow Annie Beiler (Patty Duke), who is as curious and inquisitive about the outside world as Sally is of Annie's world. The shaky but solid bond formed between the two women enables Sally to proceed with her investigation -- and, in the process, to expose several unpleasant secrets concerning the tightly-knit community. An Emmy Award winner for Best Sound Mixing, Harvest of Fire was first telecast as a CBS "Hallmark Hall of Fame" special on April 21, 1996. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
James Read - Scott; Craig Wasson - Philip Dixon; Jeff Kizer - Lester; Wesley Addy - Bishop Levi Lapp; Gary Bisig - Amos Zook; Justin Chambers - George; Joel De Somber - David Beiler; Nicholas Downs - Son of Zook; Jennifer Garner - Sarah Troyer; Bette Henritze - Mary Lapp; Sam Huntington - Nathan Hostetler; Catherine Kellner - Nancy; Marta Kristen - Martha Trover; Gabriel Mick - John Beiler; Peter McRobbie - Reuben Troyer; Millie Perkins - Ruth; Madeleine Potter - Miriam Zook; Pamela Sam - Irene Yoder; Isa Thomas - Barbara; Sam Trammell - Simon Troyer
Credit
Arthur A. Seidelman - Director, Bert Glatstein - Editor, Brent Shields - Executive Producer, Richard Welsh - Executive Producer, Bernie Sofronski - Executive Producer, Lee Holdridge - Composer (Music Score), Jan Scott - Production Designer, Neil Roach - Cinematographer, Richard Alfieri - Screenwriter, Susan Nanus - Screenwriter
