Rachel, Rachel

Aug 26, 1968

1h 41m

★ 6.6

Who was she? Sometimes she was a child skipping rope. Sometimes she was a woman with a passionate hunger. And one day the woman and the child came together...

Overview

Rachel is a 35-year-old school teacher who has no man in her life and lives with her mother. When a man from the big city returns and asks her out, she begins to have to make decisions about her life and where she wants it to go.

Genres

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

Kayos Productions

Rachel, Rachel Trailers

Cast

Rachel Cameron

Joanne Woodward

Nick Kazlik

James Olson

Mrs. Cameron

Kate Harrington

Calla Mackie

Estelle Parsons

Niall Cameron

Donald Moffat

Preacher

Terry Kiser

Hector Jonas

Frank Corsaro

Leighton Siddley

Bernard Barrow

Rev. Wood

Geraldine Fitzgerald

Rachel as a child

Nell Newman

James

Shawn Campbell

Verla

Violet Dunn

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