Spencer's Mountain
“Clayboy's schoolteacher impresses upon Clayboy the following phrase, "The world steps aside to let a man pass, if he knows where he is going"”
1963•1h 58m•6.8•Released
DramaFamily
Clay Spencer and his wife, Olivia, live in a small town deep in the mountains. When Clay isn't busy drinking with his buddies or railing against the town minister, he's building the house he's always promised Olivia. He is overjoyed when he learns his eldest son will be the first Spencer to attend college, if he can resist the charms of a pretty local girl and rustle up the money for tuition.
Director
Delmer Daves
Writer
Delmer Daves
Languages
English
Studio
Warner Bros. Pictures
Cast
Henry Fonda
Clay Spencer
Maureen O'Hara
Olivia Spencer
James MacArthur
Clayboy Spencer
Donald Crisp
Grandpa Spencer
Wally Cox
Preacher Goodman
Mimsy Farmer
Claris Coleman
Virginia Gregg
Miss Parker
Lillian Bronson
Grandma Spencer
Whit Bissell
Dr. Campbell
Hayden Rorke
Colonel Coleman
Kathy Bennett
Minnie-Cora Cook
Dub Taylor
Percy Cook
Hope Summers
Mother Ida
Ken Mayer
Mr. John
Rusty Lane
University Dean (uncredited)
Production
Company
Warner Bros. Pictures
Producer
Delmer Daves
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