Overview
A drifter stranded in Kansas accepts a job offer from a wheat harvester who, in desperation over his cancer and financial woes, attempts suicide but becomes a father-figure to the young man.
Cast
- Dennis Weaver as Elroy 'Bud' Burkhardt
- Kurt Russell as Larry Koenig
- Mare Winningham as Marlene Burkhardt
- Fran Brill as Suze Winter
- Wilford Brimley as Pete Alberts
- Rossie Harris as Dougie Burkhardt
- Grainger Hines as Gregg Burkhardt
- Penny Fuller as Fern Jensen
- Eloy Casados as Dwight Willits
- Bill Morey as Ansel Porter