All Mine to Give (1957)

User Rating:

6.5/10   

Director:

Allen Reisner

Writers:

Katherine Albert (screenplay)
Dale Eunson (screenplay)

Release Date:

January 1958 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Family | Romance

Plot:

An immigrant family in 1850's Wisconsin prospers until tragedy strikes.

Plot Keywords:

Aristocrat | Morals | Frontiersman | Sibling | Mining Town

Cast

Glynis Johns	...	Mamie
Cameron Mitchell	...	Robert
Rex Thompson	...	Robbie
Patty McCormack	...	Annabelle
Ernest Truex	...	Doctor Delbert
Hope Emerson	...	Mrs. Pugmire
Alan Hale Jr.	...	Tom Cullen (as Alan Hale)
Sylvia Field	...	Lelia Delbert
Royal Dano	...	Howard Tyler
Reta Shaw	...	Mrs. Runyon
Stephen Wootton	...	Jimmy
Butch Bernard	...	Kirk
Yolanda White	...	Elizabeth
Rita Johnson	...	Katie Tyler
Ellen Corby	...	Mrs. Raiden

Also Known As:

The Day They Gave Babies Away (UK)

Runtime:

103 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound Recording)

Certification:

Finland:K-12 | Iceland:12

Company:

Sam Wiesenthal Productions

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: As young Robbie leaves his house for the last time, the camera angle reveals the snowy backdrop to be on a sound stage as the catwalk is seen clearly for a second or two.

The Rock Test

I've seen this once- many years ago, buried in a package of old movies the local station owned. For most of the way, it's a good, realistic view of frontier life, like something out of the Waltons or Little House on the Prairie. At the end, however, it becomes something much more special than that. I call the end of this film the "Rock Test". If you can watch it and not cry, you're a rock. The thing that makes it work is that it's not maudlin, just real and human. A rare gem, the sort of thing that makes it worth scanning the TV listings looking for it. Believe me, if you find it, it will be the best thing on the page.