Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Bitter Harvest (1981)


Made for TV, airing May 4th in the US.
Filmed in California.
Based on truths.
The story: Ned and Kate are two young dairy farmers' who have taken over the farm that once belonged to Neds' dad.
For a straight year, things have been going progressively good for the couple with the farm.
Even though it is just Ned, Kate, a new kid they are training and a neighbor they ask the advice from time to time, their milk production is right on the money.
After a high milk-producing cow gives birth and the baby won't eat, the couple calls in the state for help and advice.
The vets from the state see that the baby cow is in bad shape, so they euthanize it to do an autopsy.
After three weeks and no results from the autopsy, as well as more and more cows,  becoming sick, Ned goes to the state vet office for the test results but they don't tell him anything more than he already knows.
Soon, the couple's infant son is ill with a rash all about his body and of course, the pediatrician doesn't know why the baby has a rash.
No matter how much Ned badgers the state vets to help him, they insist their hands are tied when it comes to any more tests out of their normal testing.
But Ned won't just sit back and watch his cows die and his baby gets worse.
Ned, along with the help of a chemical disease doctor, will be the ones to make sure what needs to be done gets done.
Stars Ron Howard , Tarah Nutter , Art Carney , David Knell , Barry Corbin , Richard Dysart , Michael Bond , Jim Haynie , Robert Hirschfeld , G.W. Bailey , Robert Behling , Ken Hixon , Dwight Schultz , Joe Miksak , J.E. Freeman , Will Marchetti , Charlotte Stewart , Terry David Mulligan , Ross McKerras , Matthew Locricchio , Christopher Kriesa , Frank Papia
Directed by Roger Young
Not Rated
DRAMA

"What's it they say? 'Lots of work. Lousy pay. Bad hours. What more can you ask for...'"

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