Days of Heaven
A fugitive steelworker flees to the Texas panhandle with his lover and sister, hoping to secure a wealthy farmer’s fortune through a sham marriage, but his deadly secret and mounting greed threaten to destroy them all.
“She gave her hand to one man, but her heart to another.”
Synopsis
In 1916, a Chicago steel worker accidentally kills his supervisor and flees to the Texas panhandle with his girlfriend and little sister to work harvesting wheat in the fields of a stoic farmer.
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A crew of 164+ credited
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Craft leads on file
Edited by Billy WeberShot by Nestor AlmendrosScored by Ennio MorriconeSound by George RonconiCostumes by Patricia Norris
Box Office
1978 · Box office
⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 1.2× its budget
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Worldwide gross
$3.7M
US & Canada: $3.4M — 93% of worldwide · International: $253K (7%)
Also known as
- In der Glut des Südensde
- Les Moissons du cielfr
- I giorni del cieloit
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Cast & Crew
164 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Richard Gere
as Bill
Brooke Adams
as Abby
Sam Shepard
as The Farmer
Linda Manz
as Linda
Robert J Wilke
as The Farm Foreman
Jackie Shultis
as Linda's Friend
Stuart Margolin
as Mill Foreman
Gene Bell
as Dancer
Doug Kershaw
as Fiddler
Timothy Scott
as Harvest Hand
Timothy Scott Nm0779850
as Harvest Hand
Richard Libertini
as Vaudeville Leader
Supporting cast
7Directors
1Writers
1Producers
7Other crew
146Rosa Guinon
Abby
Marion Segal
additional editor
Susan Martin
additional editor
Caroline Biggerstaff
additional editor (as Caroline Ferriol)
Haskell Wexler
additional photographer
Jack Fisk
Art Director
George Trirogoff
assistant editor
Roberta Friedman
assistant editor
Barry Merrells
assistant propmaster
Allan Bromberg
assistant sound editor / assistant: sound editor
Malcolm Kendall
best boy
Glen Lambert
boom operator
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