Far and Away

Plot Summary

In director Ron Howard’s period epic, a young free-spirited Irish woman from an affluent Protestant family spontaneously befriends a street-smart commoner gypped by her family’s hostile land takeovers before the two escape together to America for a new life during the 19th century Oklahoma land rush.

Top Cast

Tom Cruise Joseph Donnelly

Nicole Kidman Shannon Christie

Thomas Gibson Stephen Chase

Robert Prosky Daniel Christie

Barbara Babcock Nora Christie