Days of Heaven

~She gave her hand to one man, but her heart to another.

Overview

In 1916, a Chicago steel worker accidentally kills his supervisor and flees to the Texas panhandle with his girlfriend and little sister to work harvesting wheat in the fields of a stoic farmer.

Genres

General Information

Release Date: 1978-09-13
Budget: $3000000
Revenue: $3700000
Runtime: 94 min

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