![]() The promise of better times ahead is suggested when Luke's cousin shows up in a brand new Buick (Luke has never even been in a car, only trucks). The hard life on the farm is made even worse by several weather events during the second half of the movie. Hank's teenage sister appears to be falling for Luke at first, but later she is seen with Cowboy, one of the Mexicans, and Hank already despises Cowboy. He is afraid to tell the truth since Hank doesn't like him anyway, but the police officer who investigates appears satisfied with the explanation of self-defense. Luke witnesses a fight Hank gets into that results in a death. The prime suspect is Hank's disabled brother Trot, who can't work in the fields. Later in the movie, part of the house has been mysteriously painted. One day in the house, he makes demands of Luke and, figuring Luke looks down on him, points out that at least his house is painted, while to Luke's family, paint is a luxury. ![]() ![]() Hank Spruill is especially prone to getting in trouble. The hill people do not get along particularly well with those who look down on them, and sometimes they get into fights. ![]() To pick the cotton, the family must hire 'hill people' and Mexicans. In Arkansas during the Korean War, 10-year-old Luke Chandler lives with his parents and grandparents on a farm where cotton is the primary crop. ![]()
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