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| Director: | Paul Wendkos, Hubert Cornfield | 
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| Writer: | Paul Mason, Orin Borsten, Samuel Roeca, Elsie Oakes Barber | 
| Staring: | 
| A woman who believes she has been chosen by God to heal people is taken in by a greedy promoter and his shrewish wife to make the rounds of the rural South. | |
| Release Date: | May 14, 1961 | 
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| Director: | Paul Wendkos, Hubert Cornfield | 
| Writer: | Paul Mason, Orin Borsten, Samuel Roeca, Elsie Oakes Barber | 
| Genres: | Drama | 
| Keywords | marriage of convenience, fraud, faith, mute, rape attempt, religion, snake oil, preacher, shrew, religious hypocrisy, declaration of love, southern, evangelist, revivalism, faith healer, sexless marriage, healing preacher, fake miracle, unconsummated marriage, in a tent, rural south, con artists, deep south | 
| Production Companies | Madera Productions | 
| Box Office | Revenue: $0 Budget: $0 | 
| Updates | Updated: Aug 03, 2024 Entered: Apr 24, 2024 | 
| Name | Character | 
|---|---|
| George Hamilton | Paul Strand | 
| Mercedes McCambridge | Sarah Strand | 
| Joan Blondell | Mollie Hays | 
| Henry Jones | Ben Hays | 
| Burt Reynolds | Hoke Adams | 
| Salome Jens | Angel Baby | 
| Roger Clark | Sam Wilcox | 
| Dudley Remus | Otis Finch | 
| R. L. Armstrong | The Shanty Man | 
| Harry Swoger | Big Cripple | 
| Eddie Firestone | Blind Man | 
| Barbara Biggart | Farm girl | 
| Bert Williams | The Killer | 
| Victoria Adams | Ma Brooks | 
| Theodore Lehmann | Willis Ferguson | 
| Marty Ryan | Deputy Sheriff | 
| Jimmy Beecham | Man with a Conscience | 
| Flora Lane | Dropsy Woman | 
| Alan Aric | Father | 
| Ruth Martin | Mother | 
| Davy Biladeau | Little Boy | 
| Victor Adamson | Revival Meeting Guest (uncredited) | 
| Jack Berle | Revival Meeting Guest (uncredited) | 
| Willie Bloom | Revival Meeting Guest (uncredited) | 
| Joe Brooks | Revival Meeting Guest (uncredited) | 
| Russell Custer | Revival Meeting Guest (uncredited) | 
| Dyke Davis | Father of Young Child (uncredited) | 
| Duke Fishman | Revival Meeting Guest (uncredited) | 
| Richard George | Young Man at Revival Meeting (uncredited) | 
| Helen Gereghty | Revival Meeting Guest (uncredited) | 
| Herman Hack | Revival Meeting Guest (uncredited) | 
| Al Haskell | Revival Meeting Guest (uncredited) | 
| Johnny Kern | Revival Meeting Guest (uncredited) | 
| Barry J. Levy | Man on Crutches at the Revival (uncredited) | 
| Jean Ransome | Revival Meeting Guest (uncredited) | 
| Hope Summers | Woman at Revival Meeting (uncredited) | 
| Wally West | Revival Meeting Guest (uncredited) | 
| Name | Job | 
|---|---|
| Paul Mason | Screenplay | 
| Paul Wendkos | Director | 
| Haskell Wexler | Director of Photography | 
| Orin Borsten | Screenplay | 
| Samuel Roeca | Screenplay | 
| Elsie Oakes Barber | Novel | 
| Hubert Cornfield | Director | 
| Jack A. Marta | Director of Photography | 
| Wayne Shanklin | Original Music Composer | 
| Val Tamelin | Art Direction | 
| Betty J. Lane | Editor | 
| Sidney Clifford | Set Decoration | 
| Marjorie Corso | Costume Design | 
| Irene Aparicio | Hairstylist | 
| Stanley E. Campbell | Makeup Artist | 
| Guy Del Russo | Makeup Artist | 
| Gale McGarry | Hairstylist | 
| Leonard Katzman | Assistant Director | 
| Al Overton | Sound | 
| Kay Rose | Sound Editor | 
| Oscar Barber | Assistant Camera | 
| Name | Title | 
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| Thomas F. Woods | Producer | 
| Francis Schwartz | Associate Producer | 
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