The Pride of Jesse Hallam

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He was a singer, songwriter, a black wearing legend. Now see him like you have never seen him before - as an actor. These two films star the country music legend in two dramatic roles that will change the way you see the Man in Black. The Pride of Jesse Hallam - An illiterate coal miner from Kentucky moves to Cincinnati so that his daughter can get spinal surgery. When he realizes that he needs to support his family financially in the city, he decides to learn to read and write by graduating high school. Five Minutes to Live - Cash is Johnny Cabot, a tough criminal who is hired to assist in a bank robbery by taking the wife of the bank's president hostage. While his partner is at the bank getting the money, Cabot is at his house keeping the wife company, awaiting his partner's phone call. Pretty soon, though, things start to go awry when the robbers realize that the vice-president may not mind having his wife murdered.

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Johnny Cash at his acting best!!
A must see for all Cash fans.
A Trying Time for an Illiterate in the Big City.
Johnny Cash plus a bonus!
Johnny Cash - the Pride of Jesse Hallam

Pride of Jesse Hallam
Starring: Johnny Cash , Brenda Vaccaro , Ben Marley , Chrystal Smith , and Eli Wallach
Director: Gary Nelson
Manufacturer: Westlake Entertainment
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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ASIN: B0000DC13S
Release Date: 2003-09-15

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Johnny Cash at his acting best!!.......2007-06-02

You know Johnny Cast as a legendary County artist but he can present a performance like no other in The Pride of Jesse Hallam. It's a story of a man with his two children trying to make it in Cincinnati. The main problem of Jesse is being illiterate. This is where Brenda Vaccaro steps in to give Jesse a chance to succeed. Eli Wallach did a wonderful job as Sal. Johnny Cash delivers in this made for TV movie from the early 1980s.

A must see for all Cash fans........2006-12-20

This was a good movie with a great message. Starring the man in black himself, Johnny Cash. The acting by Cash is great and the story is great. A must see for the entire family.

A Trying Time for an Illiterate in the Big City........2005-02-17

There are 25 million functional illiterates in the United States, and this film made for television is purportedly based upon events in the life of one of them, Jesse Hallam, portrayed here in typically wooden fashion by Johnny Cash, primarily about Hallam's troubles after moving to a large city (Cincinnati). Hallam, a miner since 14 from the Coal Fields sector of Western Kentucky in Muhlenberg County, has no choice but to leave his country home when his young daughter requires spinal surgery in the Ohio metropolis, paid with cash in advance obtained from the sale of his property after his wife's death. He pits his native intelligence and work ethic against the problem of not being able to read or write, and discovers that in order to support himself and his two children, he must become literate; scenes involving the methods used in developing his new skills are the most engrossing of the production. Brenda Vaccaro plays Marion Galucci, vice-principal of the high school that Jesse's son Tully attends, doing her best with an underwritten role as Hallam's mentor, and one must appreciate the spirited performance of veteran Eli Wallach as her father Sal, employer and sponsor of the erstwhile coal miner. Adequately helmed by television director Gary Nelson, the work's stature rises from fine camerawork by Gayne Rescher, while Cash sings several appropriate songs on a sound track that features some excellent instrumental performances, including deft banjo work by Oscar Scruggs.

Johnny Cash plus a bonus!.......2001-12-27

As a Johnny Cash fan for longer than I care to remember I think this video was excellent. Johnny Cash played a difficult part convincingly and the story suited his style superbly. The accompanying CD is a must for every Johnny Cash fan. I've played it over and over.

Johnny Cash - the Pride of Jesse Hallam.......2001-11-27

EXCELLENT! This is a very warm movie, one that should be shown at public schools. No, it's not a concert or biography, rather it is a movie about a grown man (Cash) who never learned to read/write & stumbles thru life without admitting it. Watch this one with your family. Cash was made for this part, and plays it naturally.

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