State Fair

May. 14,1976      
Rating:
4.5
Trailer Synopsis Cast

Melissa and Jim Bryant live on an Iowa farm with their adult son Chuck, their adult daughter Karen, and their teenage son Wayne, who is a high school sophomore. Wayne is a talented singer and guitarist who dreams of country music stardom. Karen, newly separated from her husband, has recently rejoined the family with her own young son Tommy, who misses his father. This was a pilot film for a proposed television series that was not picked up.

Vera Miles as  Melissa Bryant
Tim O'Connor as  Jim Bryant
Mitch Vogel as  Wayne Bryant
Julie Cobb as  Karen
Linda Purl as  Bobbie Jean Shaw
Virginia Gregg as  Miss Detweiler
Ivor Francis as  Judge
Marc McClure as  Boy at Fair

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Reviews

BootDigest
1976/05/14

Such a frustrating disappointment

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Nessieldwi
1976/05/15

Very interesting film. Was caught on the premise when seeing the trailer but unsure as to what the outcome would be for the showing. As it turns out, it was a very good film.

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Nayan Gough
1976/05/16

A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

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Marva
1976/05/17

It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

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