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Status
Released
Release
1984
Runtime
1h 31m
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"In one fatal moment he stood alone. His silence so loud it was deafening."
12-year-old Arnold Hillerman and his 17-year-old brother Eugene live with their family on a farm in Montana. In an accident, Eugene is killed by Arnold's gun. Isolated from emotions he cannot comprehend, Arnold now has to come to terms with his grieving family - including his father, mother, hostile uncle, and grandfather - while his family has to come to terms with Arnold.
28 Cast Members
Jason Presson
Arnold Hillerman
Robert Duvall
Joe Hillerman
Glenn Close
Ruth Hillerman
Susan Rinell
Nora Hillerman
Dean Cain
Eugene Hillerman
Wilford Brimley
George Jansen
Frederic Forrest
Andy Jansen
Cindy Fisher
Amalie
Gail Youngs
Lu Jansen
Tim Phillips
Chuck
Linda Hamilton
Eva Crescent Moon Lady
Tom Waits
Petrified man at carnival (uncredited)
Mary Ellen Trainor
Doris Simms
Kenneth Anderson
Sheriff #1
John L. Strandell
Sheriff #2
Tom Duncan
Sheriff McDuff
Dana Duffy
Margaret Matthews
Quentin Rhodes
Clint Matthews
Mark Melander
Clancy Matthews
Ron Presson
Amalie's Uncle
