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Bitter Harvest (1981) -- A drama about a young dairy farmer's race to identify a deadly chemical that is killing his cattle and bringing a strange illness to his child.

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7.1/10   98 votes
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4 May 1981 (USA) more
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A dairy farmer's family is affected when his cows are poisoned by PBBs. | add synopsis
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Nominated for 4 Primetime Emmys. Another 1 nomination more
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Cast

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Ron Howard ... Ned De Vries

Art Carney ... Walter Peary
Tarah Nutter ... Kate De Vries

David Knell ... Brandon

Barry Corbin ... Dr. Agajanian
Richard Dysart ... Dr. Morton Freeman
Michael Bond ... Dr. Bill De Jong

Jim Haynie ... Doc Vandecamp
Robert Hirschfeld ... Harold
G.W. Bailey ... Jim Lazlo
Robert Behling ... Art
Ken Hixon ... Williams
Dwight Schultz ... Schlatter
Joe Miksak ... Al

Charlotte Stewart ... Mrs. Lazlo
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Epidemia (Brazil) [pt]
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94 min
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1.33 : 1 more
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This was actually based on a true story, 3 February 2006
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Author: rem1010 from Anaheim, California

I was amazed at this film. The story takes place in a fictional area, but I know for a fact that it was in Michigan during the mid-late 60's My relatives were on farms affected by the poison in this movie and the events actually occurred. Some of my relatives died as a result of the tainted food supply and others came down with horrible cancer growths. To this day, the farmers are not to speak of this event and the government covered up this story very well. I have to give Ron Howard a lot of credit to bring this information to the public, even though most will not know the true story. I do not want to give away the plot, but you must see this for yourself and then see if you can actually believe that it really happened. By the way, do some more research on the foundry sands of Detroit and see what they did there! There is not a movie about that part yet.

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