The Dark Secret of Harvest Home is a 1978 television

Television

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 miniseries

Miniseries

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 thriller, produced by Universal TV

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. The screenplay was based on the 1973 novel Harvest Home

Harvest Home (novel)

Harvest Home is the name of a 1973 novel by Thomas Tryon, which he wrote in the wake of his 1971 critically acclaimed The Other. Harvest Home was a New York Times bestseller. The book became an NBC mini-series called The Dark Secret of Harvest Home starring Bette Davis and David Ackroyd in 1978...

by Tom Tryon

Tom Tryon

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Cast and crew

It was directed by Leo Penn

Leo Penn

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 and stars Bette Davis

Bette Davis

Ruth Elizabeth "Bette" Davis was an American actress of film, television and theater. Noted for her willingness to play unsympathetic characters, she was highly regarded for her performances in a range of film genres, from contemporary crime melodramas to historical and period films and occasional...

, David Ackroyd

David Ackroyd

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, Joanna Miles

Joanna Miles

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, Rosanna Arquette

Rosanna Arquette

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, Michael O'Keefe

Michael O'Keefe

Michael Raymond O'Keefe is an American film and television actor.- Early life :O'Keefe was born Raymond Peter O'Keefe, Jr. in Mount Vernon, New York, the oldest of seven children in a devoutly Roman Catholic Irish American family. His father was a law professor at Fordham University, as well as...

, Rene Auberjonois

Rene Auberjonois

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, and Tracey Gold

Tracey Gold

Tracey Gold is an American actress and former child star best known for playing Carol Seaver on the 1980s sitcom Growing Pains. In early 2009, she co-hosted with Fred Roggin on the live show GSN Live.-Early life:...

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Release

The Dark Secret Of Harvest Home was shown on the TNT Channel in 1992, in two parts. This two parter is the full 3 Hour 52 Minute and 40 second version.

The Dark Secret Of Harvest Home has been released on video; this version is edited, and only 2 hours long.

The Chapters to this series are:

• Part 1 :Ploughing Day, Planting Day, Agnes Fair, Choosing The Young Lord, The Day Of Seasoning
• Part 2 :Tithing Day, Sheaving Tide, Husking Bee, Corn Play, Kindling Night, Harvest Home