Fires of Envy

Fires of Envy

1957 · 29 min · ★ 10.0 · Drama

A dramatization of Canadian author W.O. Mitchell's penetrating story about the racial prejudice encountered by a Polish immigrant farmer in a rural Saskatchewan community.

Directed by Don Haldane · Written by W.O. Mitchell

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