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The Pride of Jesse Hallam (1980)

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Directed by Gary Nelson

Starring Brenda Vaccaro, Eli Wallach, Johnny Cash

In this moving made-for-cable television drama, Jesse Hallam is a poor and illiterate coal miner (Johnny Cash) who must learn to read in order to get a job in the city. He was forced to leave after one of his daughters becomes terribly sick. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide

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Made for TV, but Cash is great
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"I saw this on Easter. My father-in-law got it with a boxed set. Cash can't read. The shame. But man does that guy have presence. This would have been a weak, crappy movie if it weren't for the strength of his character. Cash is Cash in all things. Here he gets to show a workman's story of the sort he always championed. The trip to prison, the pick-up truck, fishing with the boy, dreaming of western Kentucky while lumping in Cincinatti. Worth checking out if you are a fan of " [More]

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