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Bitter Harvest was a 1981 television docudrama about an accidental poisoning of cattle feed in the Midwest in the 1970s. Its plot is based on the 1973 Michigan PBB contamination incident.
Original Release
05/04/1981
US Release
05/04/1981
Cast
Name | Character |
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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 | DeJong |
Jim Haynie | Doc |
Robert Hirschfeld | Harold |
G.W. Bailey | Lazlo |
Directors
Writers
Frederic Halbert, Sandra Halbert, Richard Friedenberg
Cast
Name | Character |
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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 | DeJong |
Jim Haynie | Doc |
Robert Hirschfeld | Harold |
G.W. Bailey | Lazlo |
Robert Behling | Art |
Ken Hixon | Williams |
Dwight Schultz | Schlatter |
Joe Miksak | Al |
J.E. Freeman | Farmer #2 |
Will Marchetti | Farmer #3 |
Matthew Locricchio | Worker |
Ross McKerras | Man #1 |
Terry David Mulligan | Man #2 |
Charlotte Stewart | Mrs. Lazlo |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Charles W. Fries | Executive Producer |
Tony Ganz | Producer |
Editors
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1981 | Emmy | Outstanding Directing in a Limited Series or a Special | Nominated |
1981 | Emmy | Outstanding Writing in a Limited Series or a Special | Nominated |
1981 | Emmy | Outstanding Cinematography for a Limited Series or a Special | Nominated |
1981 | Emmy | Outstanding Film Editing for a Limited Series or a Special | Nominated |