The Pride of Jesse Hallam (1981)

Directors

Gary Nelson

Cast

Johnny Cash, Brenda Vaccaro, Ben Marley, Eli Wallach

The story

Jesse Hallam is a coal miner in Muhlenberg, Kentucky, whose wife has recently died and who has also recently lost his job. His daughter Jenny is in need of an operation on her back, and the nearest hospital that can successfully perform the procedure is in Cincinnati, Ohio. He sells the family farm to his brother-in-law Charlie, receives $15,000 in cash, packs up Jenny and his son Ted, and piles their belongings on a pickup truck as they head to Cincinnati to start a new life.

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