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God's Little Acre is a 1958 American comedy-drama film of Erskine Caldwell's 1933 novel of the same name. It was directed by Anthony Mann and shot in black and white by cinematographer Ernest Haller. Although the film was not released until August 1958, its production schedule was indicated as September 11 to late October 1957.
God's Little Acre: Directed by Anthony Mann. With Robert Ryan, Aldo Ray, Buddy Hackett, Jack Lord. In the 1950s, a poor Georgia cotton farmer and his sons search for the gold presumably buried on the farm by their great-grandfather, but problems related to poverty, infidelity, unemployment, and booze threaten to destroy their family.
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- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Anthony Mann
- 1958-09-23
Jun 8, 2010 · God's Little Acre was based on Caldwell's controversial and best-selling 1933 novel of the same name, which, due to the story's sexual content, was banned from many book stores upon publication and faced a court censorship battle. The complaint, filed by the New York Society of Suppression of Vice, was later dismissed by a New York City ...
- Anthony Mann, Louis Brandt
- Robert Ryan
Jan 28, 2014 · God's Little Acre (1958) Based on Erskine Caldwell's 1933 novel of the same name, the film tells the story of a dysfunctional 50's era farming family in the backwoods of Georgia obsessed with...
- 117 min
- 253.4K
- Classic Film Channel
God's Little Acre is a 1933 novel by Erskine Caldwell about a dysfunctional farming family in Georgia obsessed with sex and wealth. The novel's sexual themes were so controversial that the New York Society for the Suppression of Vice asked a New York state court to censor it.
- Erskine Preston Caldwell
- 1933
In the 1950s, a poor Georgia cotton farmer and his sons search for the gold presumably buried on the farm by their great-grandfather, but problems related to poverty, infidelity, unemployment, and booze threaten to destroy their family.
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Erskine Caldwell. Novel. Philip Yordan. Screenplay. In the 1950s, a poor Georgia cotton farmer and his sons search for the gold presumably buried on the farm by their grandfather but problems related to poverty, marital infidelity, unemployment and booze threaten to destroy their family.
