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All Mine to Give

1957 · 103 min

A heart-wrenching yet tender pioneer story that earns its tears through quiet resilience and the warmth of community.

Tagline
SIX KIDS ON A TRUE AND WONDERFUL ADVENTURE!
Overview
This is a story based on fact that follows a husband and wife who emigrate from Scotland to Wisconsin in the 1850s. They work very hard and become welcome citizens of their new town, Eureka. They have six children. They prosper in the husband's boat-building business. But when their eldest is 12, tragedy strikes the family, and the 12-year-old is burdened with a terrible task which he handles as well as any adult could.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 3 of 3
  • upliftingstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • grief
  • survival
  • parenthood
  • coming-of-age
Places
  • small town
  • countryside
  • home
Era
period
Audience
family
Form
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour2
Realism8
Romance3
Tension4
Darkness6
Complexity4
Emotional weight9

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Details

Genres
drama, romance, family
Directed by
Allen Reisner
Written by
Dale Eunson, Katherine Albert
Starring
Glynis Johns, Cameron Mitchell, Rex Thompson, Patty McCormack, Ernest Truex, Hope Emerson, Alan Hale Jr., Sylvia Field
Music
Max Steiner
Runtime
103 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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