---
title: 'Winter People (1989)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Ted Kotcheff'
released: '1989-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 110
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/winter-people-1989'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098659/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Winter People (1989)

1989 · 110 min · Drama, Romance · United States


## Synopsis

Winter People is a 1989 American romantic-drama film directed by Ted Kotcheff, and starring Kurt Russell and Kelly McGillis. It is based on the novel by John Ehle. Wayland Jackson, a widower with a young daughter, moves to a small, impoverished mountain village in North Carolina, circa 1934. They are taken in by Collie Wright, a single mother, and she and Wayland soon fall in love.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Ted Kotcheff](https://cinepixo.com/people/ted-kotcheff)
- **Original Music Composer:** [John Scott](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-scott)
- **Editor:** [Thom Noble](https://cinepixo.com/people/thom-noble)

## Cast

- [Don Michael Paul](https://cinepixo.com/people/don-michael-paul)
- [Mitchell Ryan](https://cinepixo.com/people/mitchell-ryan)
- [Lloyd Bridges](https://cinepixo.com/people/lloyd-bridges)
- [Jeffrey Meek](https://cinepixo.com/people/jeffrey-meek)
- [Eileen Ryan](https://cinepixo.com/people/eileen-ryan)
- [Kurt Russell](https://cinepixo.com/people/kurt-russell)
- [Kelly McGillis](https://cinepixo.com/people/kelly-mcgillis)

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