Valley of the Heart's Delight (film)

Valley of the Heart's Delight
Valley of the Heart's Delight
Directed by	Tim Boxell
Written by	Miles Murphy
Produced by	Miles Murphy
Starring	Gabriel Mann ; Bruce McGill ; Diana Scarwid ; Emily Harrison ; Tom Bower ; Pete Postlethwaite ;
Cinematography	Hiro Narita
Edited by	Jay Boekelheide
Music by	Richard Gibbs ; Nicholas O'Toole
Production; company	Banana Peel Entertainment
Distributed by	Indican Pictures
Release dates	24 April 2006(Newport Beach International Film Festival); 25 October 2007(US);
Running time	97 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Last updated December 29, 2025

Valley of the Heart's Delight is a 2006 American historical drama film directed by Tim Boxell, starring Gabriel Mann, Bruce McGill, Diana Scarwid, Emily Harrison, Tom Bower and Pete Postlethwaite.^[1] The film is a fictionalized version of the abduction and murder of Brooke Hart and the lynching of Thomas Harold Thurmond and John M. Holmes.

Cast

Gabriel Mann as Jack Pacheco
Bruce McGill as Horace Walsh
Diana Scarwid as Natalie Walsh
Emily Harrison as Helen Walsh
Tom Bower as Sheriff Ackle
Pete Postlethwaite as Albion Munson
Ron Roggé as Deputy Dully
Val Diamond as Sylvia Daumier
Ed Holmes as Gov. Brodie
David Barth as Raplh Rutz
Cully Fredricksen as Agent Tucker
Howard Swain as Bill Vente
Robert Kennedy as James Sullivan
Ralph Miller as Tom Stanton
Robert Ernst as Ernest Maloney
Rod Gnapp as Harlan Grasso
Phil Stockton as Mr. Brewster
Ralph Peduto as Vegetable Man
Nick Scoggin as Organizer Two
Omar Avila as Prisoner
Carl Bressler as Harold Berg
Corey Fischer as Frightened Man
Eric Toms as College Man #1

Release

The film opened on 26 October 2007 in San Jose, California.^[2]

Reception

Dennis Harvey of Variety wrote, "Pedestrian handling, a clumsy script and some poor acting from name and local thesps alike squander the story’s potential."^[3]

Jud Cost of Magnet called the direction "amateurish" and "hamfisted", the script "lousy" and "cliche-ridden", the cinematography "murky", and the editing "random". Cost also criticised the performances of Mann and Harrison.^[4]

References

↑ Rombeck, Janice (25 October 2007). "Review: San Jose's night of infamy". The Mercury News . Retrieved 9 October 2023.
↑ Hamlin, Jesse (25 October 2007). "Ugly chapter in San Jose's past is revisited". San Francisco Chronicle . Retrieved 9 October 2023.
↑ Harvey, Dennis (20 November 2007). "Valley of the Heart's Delight". Variety . Retrieved 9 October 2023.
↑ Cost, Jud (28 September 2010). "MOVIE REVIEW: "VALLEY OF THE HEART'S DELIGHT"". Magnet . Retrieved 9 October 2023.

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[1] Rombeck, Janice (25 October 2007). "Review: San Jose's night of infamy". The Mercury News . Retrieved 9 October 2023.

[2] Hamlin, Jesse (25 October 2007). "Ugly chapter in San Jose's past is revisited". San Francisco Chronicle . Retrieved 9 October 2023.

[3] Harvey, Dennis (20 November 2007). "Valley of the Heart's Delight". Variety . Retrieved 9 October 2023.

[4] Cost, Jud (28 September 2010). "MOVIE REVIEW: "VALLEY OF THE HEART'S DELIGHT"". Magnet . Retrieved 9 October 2023.

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