The Old Man and Jim
Synopsis
This adaptation of James Whitcomb Riley’s poem climaxes in a remarkable apotheosis of death and destruction.
- Director
- Ulysses Davis
- Writers
- James Whitcomb Riley
- Original language
- English
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