"Rachel is a 35-year-old school teacher who has no man in her life and lives with her mother. When a man from the big city returns and asks her out, she begins to have to make decisions about her life and where she wants it to go."
Joanne Woodward
as Rachel Cameron
James Olson
as Nick Kazlik
Kate Harrington
as Mrs. Cameron
Estelle Parsons
as Calla Mackie
Donald Moffat
as Niall Cameron
Terry Kiser
as Preacher
Frank Corsaro
as Hector Jonas
Bernard Barrow
as Leighton Siddley
Geraldine Fitzgerald
as Rev. Wood
Nell Newman
as Rachel as a child
Shawn Campbell
as James
Violet Dunn
as Verla
Beatrice Pons
as Florence
Dortha Duckworth
as Mae
Simm Landres
as
Izzy Singer
as Lee Shabab
Tod Engle
as Nick as a child
Connie Robinson
Sylvia Shipman
Larry Fredericks
Bruno Engler
as Bartender
Wendell P. MacNeal IV
Melissa Newman
as Girl in the Classroom (uncredited)
Pete Bostrom
as (uncredited)
Paul Newman
Director
Arthur S. Newman Jr.
Associate Producer
Alex Hapsas
Assistant Director
Richard Merrell
Set Decoration
Domingo A. Rodriguez
Costume Design
Jack C. Jacobsen
Sound
Bev Langer
Wardrobe Supervisor
Harrison Starr
Shirley Rich
Casting
Dick Vorisek
Sound Recordist
Lynn Lewis Lovett
Assistant Editor
Robert J. Koster
Second Assistant Director
Alan Heim
Sound Editor
Edward Folger
Robert Rogow
Boom Operator
George Manasse
Production Assistant
Colleen Callaghan
Key Hair Stylist
Larry Sturhahn
Production Consultant
Robert Q. Lovett
Associate Editor
Phillip M. Goldfarb
Florence Nerlinger
Assistant Production Manager
Thomas Wright
Property Master
Robert Philippe
Makeup Artist
Dede Allen
Editor
Gayne Rescher
Director of Photography
Jerome Moross
Original Music Composer
Robert Gundlach
Art Direction
Producer
Alan Hopkins
Margaret Laurence
Novel
Stewart Stern
Screenplay