Harvest of Fire

*Harvest of Fire*
Harvest of Fire
Genre	Drama
Written by	Susan Nanus (story/teleplay); Richard Alfieri (teleplay)
Directed by	Arthur Allan Seidelman
Starring	Lolita Davidovich; J.A. Preston; Jean Louisa Kelly
Theme music composer	Lee Holdridge
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Producers	Richard Welsh; Bernard Sofronski
Editor	Bert Glatstein
Running time	99 min
Production companies	Sofronski Productions; Hallmark Hall of Fame
Distributor	CBS
Release
Original network	CBS
Original release	April 21, 1996
Chronology
Preceded by	The Boys Next Door

Harvest of Fire is an American television movie that aired on CBS on April 21, 1996. Directed by Arthur Allan Seidelman, the film stars Lolita Davidovich, J.A. Preston, Jean Louisa Kelly and Patty Duke. This features Jennifer Garner in her debut.

Overview[]

The film was to some extent inspired by the arson of eight Amish barns that occurred in summer 1992 in Pennsylvania and that was investigated by the FBI as a hate crime.^[1] There are also similarities between Harvest of Fire and the 1985 film Witness.^[2]

Plot[]

FBI agent Sally Russwell (Lolita Davidovich) is sent to investigate a presumed hate crime in a small Amish community in Iowa after three barns are burnt down.^[3] Given a rather cool welcome by the locals when she arrives at the crime scene Sally is able to gain the confidence of Amish widow Annie Beiler (Patty Duke). A shaky but solid bond is formed between the two women which enables Sally to go on with her investigation.^[4] Slowly, Sally starts to learn more about Amish customs. She suspects an Amishman is behind the arson and asks to stay with Annie's family to get a deeper insight into the community. This results in Sally's discovering that Annie's daughter is seeing a young man whose father is being shunned for having built a barn not according to Amish rules.^[5]

Cast[]

Lolita Davidovich as Sally Russell
J. A. Preston as Sheriff Garrison
Jean Louisa Kelly as Rachel
Tom Aldredge as Jacob Hostetler
James Read as Scott
Craig Wasson as Philip Dixon
Patty Duke as Annie Beiler
Jeff Kizer as Lester
Wesley Addy as Bishop Levi Lapp
Gary Bisig as Amos Zook
Justin Chambers as George
Jennifer Garner as Sarah Troyer
Bette Henritze as Mary Lapp
Catherine Kellner as Nancy
Marta Kristen as Martha Troyer
Gabriel Mann as John Beiler
Eric Mabius as Sam Hostetler
Sam Huntington as Nathan Hostetler
Peter McRobbie as Reuben Troyer

Production notes[]

Harvest of Fire was filmed in Kalona, Iowa and Washington, Iowa.

References[]

^ Man Gets 10 Years For Amish Barn Fires at The New York Times
^ "The Amish in the Media - Part 7: The Amish & the FBI at amishnews.com". Archived from the original on 2012-01-21. Retrieved 2017-04-14.
^ Harvest of Fire at IMDb
^ Harvest of Fire at rottentomatoes.com
^ "The Amish in the Media - Part 7: The Amish & the FBI at amishnews.com". Archived from the original on 2012-01-21. Retrieved 2017-04-14.

External links[]

Harvest of Fire at IMDb
Harvest of Fire at AllMovie
Harvest of Fire at the TCM Movie Database

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[1] Man Gets 10 Years For Amish Barn Fires at The New York Times

[2] "The Amish in the Media - Part 7: The Amish & the FBI at amishnews.com". Archived from the original on 2012-01-21. Retrieved 2017-04-14.

[3] Harvest of Fire at IMDb

[4] Harvest of Fire at rottentomatoes.com

[5] "The Amish in the Media - Part 7: The Amish & the FBI at amishnews.com". Archived from the original on 2012-01-21. Retrieved 2017-04-14.

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