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The Migrants is a 1974 American drama television film directed and produced by Tom Gries and written by Lanford Wilson, based on a story by Tennessee Williams. The film stars Cloris Leachman, Ron Howard, and Sissy Spacek. It received for six Primetime Emmy Award nominations, including Outstanding Special – Comedy or Drama and Best Lead ...
Feb 1, 1974 · The Columbia Broadcasting System continues its expedition into “quality” drama this Sunday evening with a production entitled “Tennessee Williams ‘The Migrants’.” Following “The...
Lanford Wilson adapted the short story by Tennessee Williams, showing us the hardships behind this caravan of migrating workers who pick up and go from one crop to the next in the southeast. Still, with such attention to the milieu, one feels the character content comes up short.
The Migrants. Based on a play by Tennessee Williams. Amid poverty and despair, a family of migrant farm workers ekes out a living.
- Drama
- Cloris Leachman
- Tom Gries
The Migrants is a 1974 American drama television film directed and produced by Tom Gries and written by Lanford Wilson, based on a story by Tennessee Williams. The film stars Cloris Leachman, Ron Howard, and Sissy Spacek.
Feb 3, 1974 · 117. YOUR RATING. Rate. Drama. A look at the lives of migratory farm workers, focusing on one family. Director. Tom Gries. Writers. Tennessee Williams. Lanford Wilson. Stars. Cloris Leachman. Ron Howard. Sissy Spacek. See production info at IMDbPro. Add to Watchlist. 12 User reviews. Nominated for 6 Primetime Emmys. 6 nominations total. Photos.
reading Tennessee Williams: A Tribute, a collection of essays by fifty-two critics edited by Jac Tharpe (Mississippi, U.P. 1977), and other recent articles, I conclude that far too few readers and viewers realize how many versions of many of Williams's plays exist. Of the forty-two plays he has published since 1941, twenty have
