Henry Fonda
Clay Spencer
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Plot. The film centers on the trials and tribulations of the Spencers, a family living in the Grand Teton Mountains of Wyoming during the early 1960s. As the patriarch of a large and growing family, dirt-poor sawmill worker Clay Spencer is fiercely independent yet dedicated to his family.
Henry Fonda stars as a quarryman who dreams of building a house on Spencer's Mountain for his wife and eight children. Based on the novel by Earl Hamner Jr., the film explores the themes of religion, education and simplicity in a rural community.
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- Drama, Family
- Delmer Daves
- 1963-05-16
Find out who starred in and worked on the 1963 family drama film Spencer's Mountain, based on the novel by Earl Hamner Jr. See the full list of actors, directors, writers, producers, and more on IMDb.
A film about a quarryman and his family in Wyoming who face challenges of religion, education and poverty. Their eldest son wants to go to college, but they have to find a way to pay for it.
Clay Spencer (Henry Fonda) and his wife, Olivia (Maureen O'Hara), live in a small town deep in the mountains. When Clay isn't busy drinking with his buddies or railing against the town minister...
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- Henry Fonda
- Delmer Daves
- Comedy, Drama
Based on a novel by Earl Hamner, Jr., this film stars Henry Fonda as a Wyoming farmer who struggles to provide a better future for his son. Watch the trailer, read the synopsis, and see the cast and crew of this classic family drama.
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