Director: Terrence Malick, Script: Terrence Malick, Editor: Billy Weber, Music: Ennio Morricone, Principal Cast: Richard Gere, Gene Bell, Brooke Adams, Sam Shepard, Linda Manz, Robert Wilke, Jackie Shultis, Stuart Margolin, Tim Scott, Producer: Jacob Brackman, Bert Schneider, Harold Schneider, Production: Paramount Pictures
Awards: David di Donatello, Best Screenplay - Foreign Film 1979
Chicago at the beginning of the 20th century. Steelworker Bill (Richard Gere) needs to get away after a brawl with a foreman. He leaves for Texas together with his little sister Linda and his lover Abby, whom he also passes off as his sister. All three find employment as farmhands at harvest time there. When the owner of the estate falls in love with Abby, Bill urges her to accept the offer – with fatal consequences. Ménage à trois with breathtaking sunset views that won DOP Nestor Almendros an Oscar.