The Pride of Jesse Hallam (1981) (movie): Jesse Hallam, an illiterate coal miner from Kentucky, moves to Cincinnati so that his daughter may receive spinal surgery. Determined to support his family in the city, he decides he must learn how to read and write as an adult, a... Discover the latest Discussions, Reviews, Quotes, Theories, Explanations and Analysis of The Pride of Jesse Hallam (1981) below