OWEN, A RAILROAD OFFICIAL, VISITS A SMALL TOWN IN MISSISSIPPI WHOSE ECONOMY RELIES ON HIS BUSINESS. SOON, HE ATTRACTS THE AFFECTION OF ALVA, WHO IS ENAMOURED WITH HIS LIFESTYLE AND ATTITUDE. STARRING NATALIE WOOD, ROBERT REDFORD, CHARLES BRONSON, MARY BADHAM, KATE REID, ALAN BAXTER.