- HD 1080
- Runtime: 96m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: en
- Country: United States of America
- Director: Richard Pearce
- Stars: Rip Torn, Conchata Ferrell, Barry Primus, Megan Folsom, Lilia Skala
- Production_studio: Filmhaus, The National Endowment for the Humanities
- Slogan: Heartland is about roots and origins. Heartland is about love and survival.
- providers: Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, Peacock Premium, Fandor Amazon Channel, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Peacock Premium Plus
- The Heartland is featured in the top rankings of 1979
- #13 in Top Romance Movies of 1979
- #72 in Top Drama Movies of 1979
- #1 in Top Western Movies of 1979
Widowed Elinor Randall and her young daughter Jerrine arrive in a barren stretch of Wyoming in 1910 after Elinor's application for work as a housekeeper is accepted by Clyde Stewart, a rancher. The work is back-breaking and the isolation is brutal, particularly as winter arrives. Elinor begins to think about homesteading her own property near Stewart's ranch, but Stewart tries to dissuade her with explanations about the killing conditions and poor rewards, especially for a woman with no man to help her ranch. Although their temperaments are different and little affection exists, Elinor and Stewart agree to marry and combine homesteads. What lies ahead is the severest test of all.