Heartland

Heartland is about roots and origins. Heartland is about love and survival.

Heartland — Plot

Widowed Elinor Randall and her young daughter Jerrine arrive in a barren stretch of Wyoming in 1910 after Elinor's application for work as a housekeeper is accepted by Clyde Stewart, a rancher. The work is back-breaking and the isolation is brutal, particularly as winter arrives. Elinor begins to think about homesteading her own property near Stewart's ranch, but Stewart tries to dissuade her with explanations about the killing conditions and poor rewards, especially for a woman with no man to help her ranch. Although their temperaments are different and little affection exists, Elinor and Stewart agree to marry and combine homesteads. What lies ahead is the severest test of all.

• Release date
• August 23, 1981
• Runtime
• 96 min
• Genres
• Drama, Romance, Western
• Director
• Richard Pearce

Heartland — Cast

Rip Torn Clyde Stewart Conchata Ferrell Elinore Randall Stewart Barry Primus Jack Megan Folsom Jerrine Lilia Skala Mrs. Landauer Amy Wright Clara Jane Jerry Hardin Cattlebuyer Mary Boylan Ma Gillis