Harvest of Fire

Harvest of Fire is an American television movie that aired on CBS on April 21, 1996. Directed by Arthur Allan Seidelman, the film stars Lolita Davidovich, J.A. Preston, Jean Louisa Kelly and Patty Duke. This features Jennifer Garner in her debut.

Harvest of Fire
GenreDrama
Written bySusan Nanus (story/teleplay)
Richard Alfieri (teleplay)
Directed byArthur Allan Seidelman
StarringLolita Davidovich
J.A. Preston
Jean Louisa Kelly
Theme music composerLee Holdridge
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
ProducersRichard Welsh
Bernard Sofronski
EditorBert Glatstein
Running time99 min
Production companiesSofronski Productions
Hallmark Hall of Fame
DistributorCBS
Release
Original networkCBS
Original releaseApril 21, 1996 (1996-04-21)
Chronology
Preceded byThe Boys Next Door

Overview

The film was to some extent inspired by the arson of eight Amish barns that occurred in summer 1992 in Pennsylvania and that was investigated by the FBI as a hate crime.[1] There are also similarities between Harvest of Fire and the 1985 film Witness.[2]

Plot

FBI agent Sally Russwell (Lolita Davidovich) is sent to investigate a presumed hate crime in a small Amish community in Iowa after three barns are burnt down.[3] Given a rather cool welcome by the locals when she arrives at the crime scene Sally is able to gain the confidence of Amish widow Annie Beiler (Patty Duke). A shaky but solid bond is formed between the two women which enables Sally to go on with her investigation.[4] Slowly, Sally starts to learn more about Amish customs. She suspects an Amishman is behind the arson and asks to stay with Annie's family to get a deeper insight into the community. This results in Sally's discovering that Annie's daughter is seeing a young man whose father is being shunned for having built a barn not according to Amish rules.[5]

Cast

Production notes

Harvest of Fire was filmed in Kalona, Iowa and Washington, Iowa.

References
  1. Man Gets 10 Years For Amish Barn Fires at The New York Times
  2. "The Amish in the Media - Part 7: The Amish & the FBI at amishnews.com". Archived from the original on 2012-01-21. Retrieved 2017-04-14.
  3. Harvest of Fire at IMDb
  4. Harvest of Fire at rottentomatoes.com
  5. "The Amish in the Media - Part 7: The Amish & the FBI at amishnews.com". Archived from the original on 2012-01-21. Retrieved 2017-04-14.


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