Tennessee locations highlight this melodrama about feuding mountain families. Rod Steiger. Pap: Robert Ryan. Zack: Jeff Bridges. Thrush: Scott Wilson. Rooney: Season Hubley. Skylar: Timothy Scott. Ludie: Kiel Martin. Seb: Gary Busey. Chickie: Katherine Squire. Elspeth: Tresa Hughes. Sister: Joan Goodfellow. A.k.a. "The Lolly-Madonna War."