Plot
A frontiersman and his son fight to build a new home in Texas.
Cast
as Elias Wakefield
as Hannah Bolen
as Stan Bodine
as Susie Spann
as Little Eli Wakefield
as Zack Wakefield
as Sophie Wakefield
as Ziby Fletcher
as Pleasant Tuesday Babson
as Constable
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Reviews
Burt Lancaster starred in, and directed, this story of a well meaning traveller ("Big Eli") and his young son "Little Eli" (Donald MacDonald) heading to Texas hoping to make a decent living for him and his son. Along the way he encounters (and buys) an indentured slave "Susie" (Diana Lynn) who only complicates their already interesting journey as he fights his own demons with women, booze and a p…