The Proud Rebel
A Confederate veteran living in the Yankee North struggles with his son's shock-induced muteness and the Northerners' hatred. With his home burned to the ground, his wife killed, and his 10-year-old s…
The Proud Rebel
A Confederate veteran living in the Yankee North struggles with his son's shock-induced muteness and the Northerners' hatred. With his home burned to the ground, his wife killed, and his 10-year-old son David rendered mute after witnessing the traumatizing incident, former Confederate soldier John Chandler arrives in a small, post-Civil War Illinois community. Eager to move on with his life, and desperate to find an effective treatment for the boy, John instead finds himself drawn into a fight with the two sons of ruthless, unscrupulous sheep farmer Harry Burleigh, facing a severe $30 fine or 30 days of incarceration. A strong, kind, compassionate rancher Linnett Moore decides to intervene for David's sake, providing food and shelter, and before long John finds himself involved in a long-standing feud. Faced with a cruel dilemma, he must choose between running away or putting down roots. Can a proud Rebel find peace and love in Yankee territory? —Nick Riganas In the post American Civil War era, ex-Confederate soldier John Chandler who has put the war behind him, his adolescent son David Chandler, and David's faithful border collie Lance, a trained sheepdog, are traveling north via horseback. John is desperate in looking for any medical assistance for David to restore his voice, he who became mute in the trauma in watching his mother die in a fire while John was away fighting in the war a year ago. In Aberdeen, IL, John confers with Dr. Enos Davis, who, beyond the power of hope and faith, says he knows of of a colleague in Minnesota who may be able to help. John also gets into a confrontation with the Burleighs, a sheep ranching family consisting of patriarch Harry, and his two young adult sons Jeb, the hot headed one, and Tom, the follower. John's confrontation with the Burleighs are only exacerbated when he is assisted in that confrontation by spinster farmer Linnett Moore, the Burleighs' neighbor, they who are trying to push her off that land in wanting to expand their ranching operation. As that assistance is partially financial, John, David and Lance end up staying on Linnett's farm as John works for her until he pays off his debt to her and as he earns enough money to continue their journey to Minnesota. The longer John and David stay, the longer a bond forms between them and Linnett. John ends up being torn between doing what he believes is best for David, his singular goal in that matter to have David's voice restored, and feeling a loyalty and a debt not only of gratitude to Linnett, which includes in what ends up being their joint battle with the Burleighs. Lance ends up being a pawn in the proceedings. —Huggo Searching for a doctor who can help him get his son to speak again--the boy hadn't uttered a word since he saw his mother die in the fire that burned down the family home--a Confederate veteran finds himself facing a 30-day jail sentence when he's unfairly accused of starting a brawl in a small town. A local woman pays his fine, providing that he works it off on her ranch. He soon finds himself involved in the woman's struggle to keep her ranch from a local landowner who wants it--and whose sons were responsible for the man being framed for the fight. —frankfob2@yahoo.com
The Proud Rebel
Drama,Western
Film Details
A Confederate veteran living in the Yankee North struggles with his son's shock-induced muteness and the Northerners' hatred. With his home burned to the ground, his wife killed, and his 10-year-old son David rendered mute after witnessing the traumatizing incident, former Confederate soldier John Chandler arrives in a small, post-Civil War Illinois community. Eager to move on with his life, and desperate to find an effective treatment for the boy, John instead finds himself drawn into a fight with the two sons of ruthless, unscrupulous sheep farmer Harry Burleigh, facing a severe $30 fine or 30 days of incarceration.
A strong, kind, compassionate rancher Linnett Moore decides to intervene for David's sake, providing food and shelter, and before long John finds himself involved in a long-standing feud. Faced with a cruel dilemma, he must choose between running away or putting down roots. Can a proud Rebel find peace and love in Yankee territory? —Nick Riganas In the post American Civil War era, ex-Confederate soldier John Chandler who has put the war behind him, his adolescent son David Chandler, and David's faithful border collie Lance, a trained sheepdog, are traveling north via horseback.
John is desperate in looking for any medical assistance for David to restore his voice, he who became mute in the trauma in watching his mother die in a fire while John was away fighting in the war a year ago. In Aberdeen, IL, John confers with Dr. Enos Davis, who, beyond the power of hope and faith, says he knows of of a colleague in Minnesota who may be able to help.
John also gets into a confrontation with the Burleighs, a sheep ranching family consisting of patriarch Harry, and his two young adult sons Jeb, the hot headed one, and Tom, the follower. John's confrontation with the Burleighs are only exacerbated when he is assisted in that confrontation by spinster farmer Linnett Moore, the Burleighs' neighbor, they who are trying to push her off that land in wanting to expand their ranching operation. As that assistance is partially financial, John, David and Lance end up staying on Linnett's farm as John works for her until he pays off his debt to her and as he earns enough money to continue their journey to Minnesota.
The longer John and David stay, the longer a bond forms between them and Linnett. John ends up being torn between doing what he believes is best for David, his singular goal in that matter to have David's voice restored, and feeling a loyalty and a debt not only of gratitude to Linnett, which includes in what ends up being their joint battle with the Burleighs. Lance ends up being a pawn in the proceedings.
—Huggo Searching for a doctor who can help him get his son to speak again--the boy hadn't uttered a word since he saw his mother die in the fire that burned down the family home--a Confederate veteran finds himself facing a 30-day jail sentence when he's unfairly accused of starting a brawl in a small town. A local woman pays his fine, providing that he works it off on her ranch. He soon finds himself involved in the woman's struggle to keep her ranch from a local landowner who wants it--and whose sons were responsible for the man being framed for the fight.
—frankfob2@yahoo.com.