
Carver (Cliff Robertson), a crusty cowboy of the old school who claims to be wearing duds that originally belonged to his friend, Wild Bill Hickok. Soon after hitting the road, Sonora finds herself in a head-on confrontation with Dr. Specifically, she's determined to become the star of a carnival horse-diving act (an act during which a horse and girl rider plunge 40 feet off a long wooden Sonora Webster (Gabrielle Anwar), a tomboy orphan, runs away from her insensitive aunt's Georgia farm to seek her fortune out in the world.

Poignant and altogether refreshing period piece well worth viewing by every family member. Set in and around Depression-era Atlantic City, it's a sweet,

Handsomely mounted by director Steve Miner from an on-target screenplay by Matt Williams and Oley Sassone, WILD HEARTS CAN'T BE BROKEN is an exquisite example of an almost forgotten genre: the well-crafted family film.
