

Spencer's Mountain
DirectorDelmer Daves
“Clayboy's schoolteacher impresses upon Clayboy the following phrase, "The world steps aside to let a man pass, if he knows where he is going"”
Clay Spencer and his wife, Olivia, live in a small town deep in the mountains. When Clay isn't busy drinking with his buddies or railing against the town minister, he's building the house he's always promised Olivia. He is overjoyed when he learns his eldest son will be the first Spencer to attend college, if he can resist the charms of a pretty local girl and rustle up the money for tuition.
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Cast

Henry Fonda
Clay Spencer

Maureen O'Hara
Olivia Spencer

James MacArthur
Clayboy Spencer

Donald Crisp
Grandpa Spencer

Wally Cox
Preacher Goodman

Mimsy Farmer
Claris Coleman

Virginia Gregg
Miss Parker

Lillian Bronson
Grandma Spencer

Whit Bissell
Dr. Campbell

Hayden Rorke
Colonel Coleman
Kathy Bennett
Minnie-Cora Cook

Dub Taylor
Percy Cook
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