When the wealthy but now elderly owner of a large sheep farm in the outback of Australia realizes that her affections towards a banished but ambitious young priest will never be returned, she sets out to manipulate his life and career from the grave once she discovers him giving his attention to her young niece instead.
Elenco: Richard Chamberlain , Rachel Ward , Christopher Plummer , Bryan Brown , Brett Cullen , Stephanie Faracy , Barry Corbin , John de Lancie , Barbara Stanwyck , Piper Laurie , Earl Holliman , Philip Anglim , John Friedrich , Ken Howard , Richard Kiley , Mare Winningham , Chard Hayward , Sydney Penny , Rance Howard .