James Franciscus
Youngblood Hawke
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Youngblood Hawke is a 1964 American drama film directed by Delmer Daves and starring James Franciscus, Suzanne Pleshette, and Geneviève Page. It was adapted from Herman Wouk's 1962 novel of the same name, which was loosely based on the life of Thomas Wolfe.
- Delmer Daves
Youngblood Hawke: Directed by Delmer Daves. With James Franciscus, Suzanne Pleshette, Geneviève Page, Eva Gabor. Arthur Hawke works as a coal truck driver in Kentucky, he in the process trying to protect his widowed mother Sarah Hawke's property rights against his wealthy and cutthroat paternal uncles' mineral rights.
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- Drama
- Delmer Daves
- 1964-11-04
Sick of his job driving a truck in Kentucky, the ambitious Youngblood Hawke (James Franciscus) ventures to New York City to make it as a novelist. There he meets Jeanne Green (Suzanne Pleshette...
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- James Franciscus
- Delmer Daves
- Warner Brothers/Seven Arts
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- Youngblood Hawke; Jeanne Green; Frieda Winter
- Delmer Daves
- 1964
- 10
Youngblood Hawke is a truck driver from Kentucky who comes to New York City to become a hot-shot writer. Almost immediately, he meets editor Jeanne Green. She sees great promise in Hawke's writing and falls for the handsome Kentuckian while helping him put together his first book deal.
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Frieda's young son, Paul, who idolizes Hawke, commits suicide at his private school when he is taunted by classmates over his mother's affair with his hero. To erase his debts, Hawke returns to Kentucky to work on another novel in the isolation of a mountain cabin.
