Stars in My Crown1950Stars in My Crown
1950
After the Civil War, Josiah Gray comes to a small Tennessee town as its preacher. He wins a hearing in the saloon with a pair of pistols, then stays to shepherd the town through a typhoid epidemic and the threats of night riders.
For children old enough to talk it through: sustained intensity, or language or sexual content that Common Sense Media rates 7–9.
Why it’s here
A frontier preacher defends a Black neighbor against night riders with the Word instead of a gun. Faith, mercy, and courage, told through a boy's memories.
Context notes
For parents, before you press play.
Klan-style night riders threaten to lynch a Black farmer, and the preacher faces them down; the racism is shown as evil, and parents should be ready to explain Reconstruction-era hatred. A typhoid epidemic brings deaths, and there's a gun-backed saloon confrontation.
Stars in My Crown (1950)
Discussion questions
When the credits end, go around the room. Each person gives the film a score out of ten and says why.
- Why did Josiah carry guns at first?
- How did he face the night riders without fighting?
- What did the young doctor learn?
- Which moment stuck with you most?
Content advisory
WebSearch synthesis: a Klan-style lynch mob; guns and intimidation; a typhoid epidemic with deaths.
Trailer
Best edition
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Stars in My Crown DVD (Warner Archive Collection | Remastered Edition)
DVD · April 18, 2011
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