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A married couple, Arthur (Eli Wallach, The Magnificent Seven, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly) and Gerrie Mason (Julie Harris, The Haunting, East of Eden) struggle with the realities of their imperfect marriage as they fight to save and rehabilitate their teenage daughter, Maxie (Deborah Winters, Class of '44, Blue Sunshine), from a life of drug addiction and ultimate committal to a mental ward. Written by J.P. Miller (Helter Skelter, Days of Wine and Roses); directed by David Greene (I Start Counting, Gray Lady Down, Hard Country); and beautifully shot by the great Gordon Willis (The Godfather, Manhattan, The Parallax View), The People Next Door features a stellar cast that includes Cloris Leachman (The Last Picture Show, Young Frankenstein), Stephen McHattie (Moving Violation, Watchmen), Hal Holbrook (Magnum Force, Rituals), Rue McClanahan (TV's Maude and The Golden Girls), Nehemiah Persoff (Fate Is the Hunter), Mike Kellin (Sleepaway Camp) and Rutanya Alda (Amityville II: The Possession). Now watch this classic 70s melodrama for the first time in HD!