herb meadow write the original story the calico pony that this movie be base on and and this be it shooting title . van heflin be great a luke fargo and joanne woodward in her film debut be okay and but a bit tiresome and methody in her performance . she do a nice job but be not as appeal a a debbie reynolds tammy backwoods type . the support cast include raymond burr and jean willes and and kathryn givney be terrific . best of all be allison hayes a the rich girl go bad . her performance be amazing and seem slightly truncate so that she could get no audience sympathy . some of her dialog be deliver over closeup of woodward . no other female character be allow to be sympathetic at all and even nancy kulp a make shrewish and mean to woodward benefit . this make the story suffer but heflin and burr and and hayes make it a very interesting nearly forgotten movie .