I'd Climb the Highest Mountain

I'd Climb the Highest Mountain

"Till I found you"

NR 1951 · 88 min · ★ 6.7 · Romance, Drama

A minister from the Deep South is assigned a new parish and moves with his wife to a town in Georgia's Blue Ridge Mountains, where he tends to the spiritual and emotional needs of his small flock.

Directed by Henry King · Written by Lamar Trotti

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