OHMS (1980)
1h 36m
Running Time
January 2, 1980Release Date
Plot.
A conservative, Midwestern farmer rallies his neighbors against a power company planning to erect huge towers across their land, and a political activist schoolteacher helps them organize into an effective bloc.
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Cast & Crew.
Ralph Waite
Floyd Wing
David Birney
Jack Coker
Talia Balsam
Noranne Wing
Charley Lang
Bo Wing
Dixie Carter
Nora Wing
Dick Lowry
Director
Cameron Mitchell
Arch Wilbur
Gene Case
Writer
Leslie Nielsen
Governor
Neil T. Maffeo
Producer
Paul Hecht
Thomas Eichen
Elizabeth Swados
Composer
Roy Poole
Joe Szabo
James Pergola
Cinematographer
John Ramsey
Smiley
LaReine Johnston
Editor
Nicholas Hormann
David Nash
Tom Toner
Judge Donald Itta
Keith Cosgrove
Dee Wing
John C. Becher
Henry Lucker
David S. Cass Sr.
Dump Truck Driver
Chuck Fields
Bailiff
Albert Gill
Dr. Pypnowski
John Gladstein
Vinnie Volt
Charlotte Graffe
Girl in Drugstore
John Hubbard
Motel Keeper
Jan Jones
TV Newscaster
James Kisicki
UP Attorney
Don Kost
Gravel Pit Supervisor
Ralph Kraus
Frank Scenna
Joe D. Lauck
Governor's Aide
Lisa Murphy
Garonsik
Details.
Wiki.
OHMS is a 1980 American made-for-television drama film directed by Dick Lowry. It stars Ralph Waite, David Birney, Talia Balsam, Dixie Carter and also features Leslie Nielsen 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.