Nickel Mountain

1984 American film

1984 (1984)

Running time

88 min.CountriesUnited States
IcelandLanguageEnglish

Nickel Mountain is a 1984 drama film produced in Iceland and the United States written and directed by Drew Denbaum. It stars Michael Cole, Heather Langenkamp, Patrick Cassidy, Grace Zabriskie, and Brian Kerwin. The movie is based on the novel of the same title by American novelist John Gardner.

Plot

Henry Soames owns a rural diner, and has befriended Willard Freud and Callie Wells. One day Willard and Callie get the news that Callie is pregnant, and Willard leaves her. Henry takes in Callie, and helps her through the pregnancy. They fall in love and get married. All is going well until Willard is back from the road and wants the baby.

Cast

Michael Cole as Henry Soames
Heather Langenkamp as Callie Wells
Patrick Cassidy as Willard Freund
Brian Kerwin as George
Grace Zabriskie as Ellie Wells
Don Beddoe as Doc Cathey
Ed Lauter as W.D. Freund
Cotter Smith as Trucker
Harry Northup as Frank
Julia Montgomery as Delivery Nurse
Liz Sheridan as Reception Nurse
Peter Hobbs as Dr. Costard

Release

The film had a limited release in Tulsa, Oklahoma.^[1]

Home video release

Nickel Mountain was released to videotape in the mid 1980s.^[2]

References

^ "Heather Langenkamp, Star of ABC's Just the Ten of Us, Who Has Put Her Nightmares Down for the Count". People. December 5, 1988. Retrieved December 27, 2016.
^ Nickel mountain. OCLC 36031237. Retrieved December 27, 2016 – via WorldCat.