One day Sammy and his younger sister Ellie happen upon a cabin where Alice, a young, partially deaf girl with epilepsy is being kept by her abusive stepfather. The three soon become friends and hope to get Alice an education and help her escape from the torture she undergoes daily. However, Alice's stepfather soon finds out about the friendship Alice has struck up and punishes her brutally. This story of friendship and youth shows that everyone is human and deserves to be treated so, no matter their disability or weakness.
Beau Bridges
as Jack Perkins
Patricia Arquette
as Alice Guthrie
Reese Witherspoon
as Ellie Perkins
Susan Blakely
as Ada Guthrie
William McNamara
as Sammy Perkins
Collin Wilcox Paxton
as Bessie Morgan
Norman Max Maxwell
as Ormand Guthrie
Richard K. Olsen
as Doc Murphy
Allison Smith
as Lisa Mae
Heather Lynch
as Bertha
Robert Priester
as David Butler
Randy Williams
as Cletus
