Main Cast: Troy Donahue, Claudette Colbert, Karl Malden, Dean Jagger, Connie Stevens
Release Year: 1961
Country: US
Run Time: 138 minutes
Plot
A scenic, tobacco-road soap opera by director Delmar Daves, known more for his westerns, Parrish features Troy Donahue in the eponymous title role. Parrish's mother Ellen (Claudette Colbert in her last movie role) happens to marry one of two competing tobacco growers in the Connecticut River Valley. Her new husband and Parrish's stepfather Judd Raike (a snarling Karl Malden) drums the tobacco business into Parrish, alienating him in the bargain. The lad is soon romancing three different women: Judd's daughter Paige (Sharon Hugeny), the daughter of Judd's arch-rival, and a wanton woman of the tobacco fields. Now all that remains is for the romance and the rivalry to shake down into the winners and losers. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
Leo K. Kuter - Art Director, Howard Shoup - Costume Designer, Chuck Hansen - First Assistant Director, Russell Llewellyn - First Assistant Director, Delmer Daves - Director, Owen Marks - Editor, Max Steiner - Composer (Music Score), Terry Carter - Songwriter, Alfonso Marshall - Songwriter, John Barracudo - Songwriter, Gordon Bau - Makeup, Harry Stradling - Cinematographer, Delmer Daves - Producer, William L. Kuehl - Set Designer, Stan Jones - Sound/Sound Designer, Delmer Daves - Screenwriter, Mildred Savage - Book Author
The movie shows the story of conflict between a young independently minded man and his stepfather, a ruthless tobacco tycoon.
Young Parrish McLean and his mother live on Sala Post's tobacco plantation in the state of Connecticut. His mother marries Post's ambitious rival, Judd Raike, who then sets about ruining Post.
Production
Parts of the movie were shot in East Windsor and Poquonock (Windsor), Connecticut. Carroll O'Connor was also in the movie. He played the role of a Broad Brook firefighter, shown on the old Truck 3, which is now retired.[citation needed]
