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Places in the Heart

1984·1h 51m·PG
Drama
IMDb Rating
★ 7.4/10
15,574 votes
Metascore
70
Metacritic

In north Texas in the 1930s, a widow with two small children tries to save her small 40-acre farm with the help of a blind boarder and an itinerant black handyman.

Places in the Heart is a 1984 drama movie directed by Robert Benton, starring Sally Field, Ed Harris, Lindsay Crouse. It holds an IMDb rating of 7.4/10 from 15,574 votes and runs 1h 51m.

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Director
Robert Benton
Stars
Sally Field
Ed Harris
Lindsay Crouse
Amy Madigan
Creators
Robert Benton
Details
1984-10-05
111 min
Movie
PG
★ United States
★ English
Keywords
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