OHMS | |
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Written by | Gene Case |
Directed by | Dick Lowry |
Starring |
Ralph Waite David Birney Talia Balsam Dixie Carter Jimothy Elliot |
Music by | Elizabeth Swados |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Executive producer | Merrill Grant |
Producer | Neil T. Maffeo |
Cinematography | James Pergola |
Editor | LaReine Johnston |
Running time | 120 minutes |
Production company | Grant-Case-McGrath Enterprises |
Original release | |
Network | CBS |
Release | January 2, 1980 |
OHMS is a 1980 American made-for-television drama film directed by Dick Lowry. [1] [2] It stars Ralph Waite, David Birney, Talia Balsam, Dixie Carter and also features Leslie Nielsen [3] as the Governor. It was broadcast on CBS on January 2, 1980. The film is about a conservative farmer in the Midwest who leads a group of local residents lobbying against a power company invading their land. It was shot on location in New Philadelphia, Ohio. [4]
Faced with a large corporation's attempt to erect large electric towers on private owners' land against their wishes, a conservative farmer organizes community resistance. [5]